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Book Review By Tracey Ray
Hide and Seek by James Patterson

Maggie was a total success story. She had overcome serious tragedy in her life and had made it big as a singer and songwriter. She soon finds the love of her life, an amazing soccer player named Will Shepherd. And all too soon, she discovers with each passing day that Will has serious problems. These problems threaten to expose Will for who he is as well as destroy his marriage. Finally, Maggie feels she is reliving her past when she stands trial for murder.


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 - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
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? - crazed lover/family member
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by dangerous boy/girlfriend/spouse

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - insanity
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - prison

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: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - rough sex - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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