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Book Review By Dave Babcock
The Tower by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz

The story starts with the escape of the main character, Allander Atlasia, from "the Tower", a maximum security prison and follows him as he goes on a killing spree with a specific goal in mind. After him is Jade Marlow, a hard-boiled detective who will not let anything stand in his way in catching Allander!


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 mad stabber chased me!
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 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - kicks
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
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: - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - frying (electrocuted) - crushed - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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