| A middle-class couple becomes social parasites living off the money of his father to be a happy, perfect family living in a mansion paid for by the father. All goes as "planned" with their first four children but with the pregnancy of the fifth child the mother turns psycho and the child becomes a "freak" to the family. It is a constant struggle between the main family and the extended family on how to go back to normal with a weird child. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Family, struggle with Yes Struggle with: - Son Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Pregnancy/Child rearing Yes Major part of story: Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - a kid Profession/status: Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes Eccentric: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Scrambled brains Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () Europe Yes European country: - England/UK Small town? Yes Small town people: - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - impregnation/reproduction - Boob talk! Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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