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| Plot Summary of Pretty Things |
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"Brie is in love with her gay best friend, Charlie. Charlie is in love with Walker, a handsome but irascible ladies' man. Walker is in love with Daisy, who has a girlfriend. The four of them sign up for a theatre group that is performing The Taming of the Shrew and their lives will never be the same.
Charlie struggles with his sexuality. He doesn't know which world he belongs in. When he and Brie get in a fight and she refuses to talk to him, Charlie doesn't know what to do. Usually, he is the leader in their relationship. He is constantly insulting Brie and putting her down her intelligence. Brie learns that she can survive on her own without Charlie, though it is a little harder than she expected.
Daisy and Brie have only one thing in common: they both despise Walker, who goes through girls faster than celebrities go through money. Daisy also doesn't know where she belongs. Does she belong with her current girlfriend, Claire, who is at a camp in the middle of nowhere? Or does she belong with Walker, even though he is famous for quick, superficial relationships?
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Katharine Schwab, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Difficult/unusual lover?
Yes
How difficult?
- He's bisexual
Love Triangles/Polygons
Yes
What kind:
- 2 or more women-2 or more men
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- student
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- "zip'm down, zip'm up. Next!"
How romantic is this person?
- sly seducer
Sex makes him
- confused
- more bitchy/arrogant
- more demanding
- indifferent
- childish
- unhappy with the sex
- scared
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 90%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- lesbians!
Focus of story
- equally on two couples
How much dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much sexing?
- 1-2 sex acts
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