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Book Review By Jemima
Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook

Edward falls in love with Kim and the drug found in her ancestor's basement, an ancestor whom was hung at the Salem withcraft trials. The drug, Ultra, has no side effects until the sun sets and the moon rises. Then, Edward and his fellow scientists, who test the drug on themselves, become wild animals. Only the untested one, Kim, must save the day and find herself.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story -
How difficult to spot villain? - Moderately Challenging
Time/era of story:
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - scientific labs - fancy mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - hanging - flamed
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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