| Four childhood friends enter high school, where everything changes drastically due to one friend's homosexuality, which builds up and threatens to destroy them all. Family secrets converge with madness and a devastating hurriccane down in New Orleans. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - - - - - - - Family, caring for ill Yes Who is sick? - Mother because he/she is - basically "out of it" Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Kind of sex: - rape - Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Age group of kid(s) in story: - college - high school Parents/lack of parents problem? Wild kid(s)? - committing crimes Taboo sex story? Yes Drinking/Drugs problems? - alcohol Brain/Body disability? - mental illness Lover is Married, fooling around? Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - a teen Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes The US: - Deep South Europe Yes European country: - Italy Ice Caps/Sea? Yes Where? - Ocean Water? Yes Water: - swimming on - drowning City? Yes City: - New York - wealthy - New Orleans Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex - Boob talk! - Vagia talk! - Weiner talk! - two guys doing it - rape/molest Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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