| The book opens with the discovery of a hate crime. The shul Rina and Peter Decker attend has been desecrated with Nazi propaganda and hateful graffiti. Peter's investigations lead him to collaring a student at a wealthy and influential private high school. The plot thickens when this student and his therapist are found murdered at a rehabilitation camp.
"The Forgotten" marks a return to the family life of the Deckers. We watch as the family struggles to help each other even while there are layers of distrust and uncertainty. Jacob, Rina's teenage son and Peter's stepson, must share information about many of his classmates and the teens he has partied with, some of whom end up enmeshed in this murder mystery. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - depressing/sad How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60% Special suspect? - relative Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 30 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % 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 Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - radical right wingers How sensitive is this character? Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - California Europe Yes European country: - Eastern Europe 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: - touching of anatomy - licking - orgies - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity - rape (yeech!) Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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