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Book Review By Frannie
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

This is a book about a brother and sister who were... in an incestuous relationship. It starts out with the sister giving birth in a cabin in the southern backwoods. After she gives birth she falls to sleep and the brother decides the baby has to go. He takes the child and walks into the woods and leaves it in a random place. All is well and he returns to his sister and tells her the kid dies. Meanwhile, a traveling salesman finds the kid and takes it. The sister finds out her brother is lying and when he is out she leaves to find her kid. The brother in turn sets out to find her. But there is some evil force after both of them.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Brother
Kind of sex: - incest
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - falling off
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - very gullible, like Gomer Pyle

Writing Style
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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