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| Plot Summary of Ghosts |
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An academy Award winning actress seeks peace on Nantucket Island. Her desire to recover from the excess of the Hollywood machine leads her to buy a house with buried secrets. When people turn up dead on the island and the standard explainations just don't suffice the local, cynnical detective tries some non-standard ways to uncover the reason why the people and sometimes animals are being killed with overwhelming intensity.
This synopsis report prepared by Karen GS Raftery
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| Chapter Analysis of Ghosts |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- the ghost chased me!
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
- drowning
Island?
Yes
Island:
- on vacation
- Atlantic Ocean Island
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
- licking
- actual description of sex
- descript. of male nudity
A lot of techno jargon?
Yes
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- drowned
- decapitated
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
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