A young american couple unwittingly become entangled in Mexican underworld. Great settings in the jungles and lost cities of the yucatan penninsula. This woiuld make a good movie! | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat - How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging Time/era of story: Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes Cloak & Dagger Plotlets: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book The crook is.... - criminal's rise in a crime organization Crime Thriller Yes Crime plotlets: Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes General Crime (including known murderer) Yes Who's the criminal enemy here? - drug dealers Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - money/treasure The antagonists are: - foreign organized crime How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Northeast The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - Mexico Jungles? Yes Jungles - lost city Misc setting - fancy mansion Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts Unusual forms of death - poisoning - impaled - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |