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Book Review By Karen Billett
Endless Night by Richard Laymon

Jody is pretty tough for a teenage girl, when a group of killers break into her friend's house where she is staying overnight she manages to escape with her friend's little brother. They hide out in the woods into the police arive but not before being chased by the group of killers.

They are put into protective custody but the killers are giving uo that easy, there's no way they're going to let a witness to their crime live.

Simon is one of the killers that night. His group blames him for Jody getting away. They tell him to find her or his own family will be tortured and murdered. Simon begins using a tape recorder to tell the story of their gang, a terrible, unmerciful group of killers that kill for the fun of it, while he is on the hunt for Jody.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
descript. of violence and chases - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets:
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - kicks
The antagonists are: - cults
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - impaled
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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