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LTD Books, Jan 2003, 74 pp.
ISBN 1554160983
A young woman leaves Canada and arrives by plane to an unnamed village in a country where everyone refers to everyone as citizen. Ann is looking for her grandfather but nobody seems to have heard of him and she is forced to confess that he committed suicide. She wants to know why he left her alone in the world and while she continues on her quest, Ann notices some very odd things about the village.
She can't find a way out of there because all roads lead back to the central source. One resident is overheard saying that nobody has left the village in five generations. The village is infested with spiders that leave a stench in every building in the town. Inanimate objects talk to their owners and Ann discovers a cat named Sam that actually talks to her. She feels as if she is living in a nightmare and her greatest wish is that she would wake up.
SLEEPING BEAUTY is a series of vignettes, one scene seamlessly slipping into another, some featuring Ann and others showcasing inhabitants of the town. There is a growing sense of uneasiness as one fact after another is revealed and at times, readers will feel as if something is crawling on their skin. Fans of Bentley Little will appreciate David Holiday's horror tale.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
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
- Why do they stay in the haunted house/boat?
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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