| Walter and Colquitt Kennedy are a middle aged couple who live in a nice suburb. The plot of land next door to them has been empty because nobody has been able to construct a house that will fit the strange layout. Kim is a young, brilliant architect with a vision and the house is erected. The neighbors marvel at its magnificence. This novel chronicles Colquitt's observations as three families move next door and each is destroyed in one way or another by the house itself. After a while, the house does not limit its terror to only the residents and it begins to corrupt families in the neighborhood. Colquitt and Walter become determined to keep anyone from ever going near that house again even if it means becoming ousted by their peers and doing the unthinkable as well. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Horror Story? Yes Horror plotlets - Why do they stay in the haunted house/boat? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 % Main Character Gender - Female Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - natural phenomena Setting United States Yes The US: - California Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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