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Book Review By Chris B
Shadowfires by Dean Koontz

Rachel divorces her husband and whilst arguing outside the courthouse a truck kills the husband, or so we think!
Rachel's husband is very rich, as his company has been developing new research into human genetics for the government.
Suddenly people start dying in strange and horrific circumstances, and it all points back to dead man. Has he come back from the dead? And if so, can Rachel stop him coming after her?



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 monster chased me!
descript. of violence and chases - 40 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - evil doctors
Monster of some sort? Yes
Kind of monster: - general monster
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Misc setting - scientific labs

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - biology/medical
Unusual forms of death - impaled - decapitated
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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