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Plot Summary of Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
"This is an excellent story about a woman who on the surface appears fairly normal, if not a bit odd at times, but in actual fact after having a relationship with a man, who runs off to be with another woman, she begins to hear voices and become delusional. Minty believes her boyfriend to have died in a rail crash, but then she starts to see him in all kinds of odd places, this results in her actually murdering him - but believing she has only murdered his ghost!"
Anne Boatman, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the ghost chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
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
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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