| Dave, the deranged cop, gets the shit beat out of him, then he and a bunch of other unattractive underclass citizens run around insulting friends and foes alike. The characters all sound like loony tune escapees from a madhouse for religious zealots. Eventually the worst of the bad guys get a load of lead up their drawers while the rest of the characters are sentenced to live with themselves and each other while listening to nuts screaming in the swamp and smelling dog shit burning in a paper sack. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) 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% Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Male Profession/status: Has special powers? Yes Eccentric: Yes Motive of antagonist - insanity Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Deep South Small town? Yes Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - actual description of sex A lot of techno jargon? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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