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Plot Summary of The House of Thunder
"A woman wakes up in a hospital with amnesia and assumes she's in the U.S., when, in fact, she's in Russia. She is tormented by events from her own past and events presently happening in the hospital. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Monica Hughes, Resident Scholar
"Susan woke up in a hospital in a town she had never seen before, and realized she had no idea who she was. She had amnesia, but once her memories came back to her she realized she remembered everything about herself except how she got into the accident that landed her in the hospital, and she had no recollection of her job. Susan was haunted by a past that saw her college boyfriend killed by racist fraternity boys, and her desperate attempt to escape. Now ten years later she ran into the boys from that dreadful night one by one during her hospital stay. She struggled between a world of nightmares and reality and didn't know which was which. She uncovers the horrifying truth about what can happen when people start experimenting with brainwashing and mind control. " amy blaine, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The House of Thunder

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%

Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - wild experiments on people - mass brainwashing
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - spy
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - KGB
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Russia
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - very gorey references to torture
How many deaths? - 2 - 3-4
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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