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Book Review By Nick Warren
Temple by Matt Reilly

A search in the jungles for a magical artifact.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - searching for treasure/artifacts - trouble with tribes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Search for technology?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - insanity
The antagonists are: - nazis

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - South
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails - climbing with ropes - falling off
Jungles? Yes
Jungles - alligators/crocs - lost city
Air? Yes
Air: - skyjacking - warplane - parachuting w/o parachute
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - archaeology
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - dropped from large heights - eaten - run over - exploded into bits - crushed - flamed - impaled - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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