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Plot Summary of Vox
"Jim and Abby meet on a phone-sex line and adjourn to a private line, where we eavesdrop on their conversation. The book *is* the dialog - there's nothing besides dialog - between Jim and Abby, who discuss their sex lives, their sex fantasies, and their sex philosophies.    "
Ivy, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Vox
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!) - boatload of casual sex without love
Kind of sex: - sexing oneself
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West - Northeast

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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