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Plot Summary of Impulse
"The main character's mother is in a coma. The main character, a reporter, finds her mother's journals and finds out that a mobster is her real father, so she goes to the island to write his bio in order to destroy him. There, she meets Marcus, the man who operates the island's resort. Little does she know that he is undercover for the US Customs Service, trying to take down her mobster father. There is also someone trying to kill the mobster. (The mobster deals in arms.) Anyway, the book is a mystery (trying to find out who is trying to kill the mobster) and a romance that develops between the main character and Marcus."
Ann, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Impulse
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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 - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up mobsters
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France
Island? Yes
Island: - Caribbean Island
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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