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Book Review By cynthia price
The Jump by Martina Cole

The Jump is the story of Donna and Georgio Brunos. Georgio is arrested and sent to prison for a crime that he was framed for. He finds life inside the prison unbearable, since he is in the same prison as a maniacal inmate named Lewis. Lewis is the man who Georgio stole a lot of money from. Lewis wants his money or else Georgio will die.

Donna is unawares of Georgio's life style. She is beautiful, educated and niave. However, as the story unfolds Donna evolves from a caterpiller into a beautiful butterfly. She enters the criminal world to arrange the prison break of her love buddy and in the process finds that the man she cannot live without does not exist except in her mind.



Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very humorous
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets:
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Asia/Pacific Yes
Island? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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