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Book Review By Lorna
Bad Love by Jonathan Kellerman

    When psychologist Alex Delaware receives a strange tape recording in the mail, he's reminded of a murder that took place in a health clinic. A young man kills his therapist, the one woman who went out of her way to help him. "Bad love" he'd once heard this man chant. "Bad love" the words quoted in a child-like voice, repeated throughout the recording. Alex calls his pal, Detective Milo Sturgis, and soon they're hunting a dangerous killer who is looking to revenge his tortured childhood.
    "Bad Love" is what is given to children when children act badly, a concept developed by a psychologist who was less than loving to his clients. His clients, however, grew up and want revenge.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 60 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
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: - none
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - falling off
City? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
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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