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Book Review By Rick Colund
Kill Me by Stephen White

The main character of this series is normally the therapist but readers will want to know this book is not mostly about him.
This book's main character has made an agreement with a business group. The group's purpose is to kill people when they have reached pre-approved self described level of illness or injury in order to prevent long term care needs.

The main character pays for this himself prior to becoming sick, but as he does become sick he wants more time. He enlists the help of a psychologist to work through issues as part of his need to complete things before he dies.

He also searches for members of the business group inorder to get more time to work things out. ( This is against the rules of the group)


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius

Setting
United States Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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