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Plot Summary of Twins
"Twin sisters Chloe and Sue are beautiful blonde twins growing up in New Jersey with two workaholic parents and a resentful older brother. Sue idolizes her twin while Chloe longs to break free from her sister and establish her own, separate identity. While Chloe gravitates towards the popular crowd, Sue attempts to solidify her bond with Chloe by getting tattoos of each other's name on their backs for their 13th birthday. Although Chloe doesn't want a tattoo Sue manipulates her twin by portraying it as an act of twin love. When Chloe makes friends with a classmate, Lisa Markman, Sue becomes consumed with jealousy and thoughts of harming Lisa. Sue can't handle the fact that Chloe is establishing an identity outside of their twin bond. When Chloe gets her period Sue lies and says that she got her period the day before Chloe got hers. Chloe tries to suppress her hunger while Sue eats enormous amounts of food then throws up. Sue constantly threatens to kill herself unless Chloe does as she asks. In a moment of rage Sue throws a ball at Lisa's face and breaks her nose. Over the course of five years Chloe attempts to break free from her manipulative twin while Sue alternates between despair, rage and self loathing. Ultimately, the two twins must follow their own path in order to achieve happiness."
Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Twins
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Sister
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable - wild
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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