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Book Review By Sujatha Somayaji
The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon

Noelle is a beautiful woman who is betrayed by Larry Douglas at a very young age. So, she wants to take revenge on Larry. Catherine gets married to Larry. Noelle joins Constantin Demiris in Greece and brings Larry as Demiris's personal pilot. Noelle and Larry now truly love each other and Noelle does not hesitate about murdering anyone who gets in her way. So, Noelle and Larry decide to kill Catherine.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets:
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - catching con-artist

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Motive of antagonist - revenge
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
European country: - Greece
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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