| Movie star Julie Turner is murdered allegedly by her husband. Sam Turner, Julies husband, is sent to prison for 15 to life. The night of the murder four year old Olivia sees her daddy standing over her bleeding mommy with the murder weapon ... The book soon goes on to when she is 12 and tells of her inner strugles... then on to 18 and finally 24 where the plot thickens and the monster comes back. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very upbeat - How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60% Special suspect? - relative Misc. Murder Plotlets - Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - jealousy How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - West - California Mountains/Cliffs Yes Mountains: - climbing on trails Forest? Yes City? Yes City: - Los Angeles Misc setting - prison - resort/hotel Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - descript. of other female areas Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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