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Plot Summary of Sunburn
"Claudia is asked to spend the weekend at her rich friend's house. She and her other friends go along for the ride. Weird things start to happen while they are there. It seems like someone is after them, someone who wants them dead!"
Rebecca, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Sunburn
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Plot
Tone of story - depressing/sad
How difficult to spot villain? - Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 80%
Murder of certain profession? - students/teachers
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
How much violence does he/she use? - none
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: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 2
Unusual forms of death - frying (electrocuted) - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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