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Book Review By Jesse Linville
The Husband by Dean Koontz

Mitch Rafferty is a hard working man with a small nusery landscaping buisness and a beautiful wife. Things are right in the world, but all that changes when he recieves that call while working on a job. His wife has been kidnapped and they want 2 million dollars or they will torture and kill her. To make matters worse, they kill someone walking by to prove a point. Now Mitch must wait until they contact him again get the rest of the instructions.
Now with the police seemingly everywhere in his way Mitch must go on a tough jorney that will take everything that he thought he knew and turn it upside down and inside out. He will be tossed into a world that took the brother that he thought was his rock to lean on and reveal him to be a hard edged criminal with thoughts of only himself. Mitch must escape execution from criminals his brother handed him over to, dodge police that think he is responsible, and still be everywhere the kidnappers tell him to be all while getting a hold of the money required to free his wife.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
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 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets:
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up gang

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - gangs
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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