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Book Review By Andrew
Shattered by Dean Koontz

Alex Doyle is a 20 something man on his way to San Francisco. With him is his girlfriends younger brother Colin. Colin and his older sister, Courtney, are still recovering from the deaths of there parents. Courtney is already at their home, waiting for Alex and Colin to make their trip across the desert and reach their new home. But there lays a horrifying journey ahead of them.

As Alex and Colin travel deeper into the desert, they discover one man does not want them to reach their destination, and his obsession will make sure that both Alex and Colin do not reach their new home. And with noone to beleive them, they are left to fight alone.

Their trip becomes a horrifying fight for their life and the life of the stalkers obsession, Colins older sister, Courtney. As there resources become more futile, their race becomes more frantic. Who will be the first ones to reach Courtney, Alex and Colin, or the delusional stalker?

   


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the mad stabber chased me!
descript. of violence and chases - 50 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 0 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Dumb

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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