Allreaders.com

Gone, Baby, Gone Book Summary and Study Guide

Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Gone, Baby, Gone


A white trash woman's daughter is kidnapped, and the woman's brother and his wife hire Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to help the police try to find her. They look at every possibility and are stumped, until one of the policeman gets drunk one night with Patrick and says a little too much, revealing that he knows who actually has the child, and why they have her.
Click here to see the rest of this review...

The review of this Book prepared by Parker Trasborg



Chapter Analysis of Gone, Baby, Gone

Click on a plot link to find similar books!

Plot & Themes

Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases 20%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30%How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) 20% Tone of story    -   Dry-cynical Time/era of story:    -   1980's-1999 Kid or adult book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Crime Thriller    -   Yes Crime plotlets:    -   escape/rescue from kidnappers General Crime (including known murderer)    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   private investigator Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Race    -   White/American

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast City?    -   Yes City:    -   Boston Misc setting    -   prison

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   vague references    -   descript of kissing    -   descript. of breasts Unusual forms of death    -   impaled    -   perforation--bullets    -   perforation--swords/knives Unusual form of death?    -   Yes Amount of dialog    -   roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

Books with storylines, themes & endings like Gone, Baby, Gone

Dennis Lehane Books Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).
2 Ways to Search!
Or



Our Chief Librarian