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Plot Summary of Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas
"Katie is shattered when her lover Matt, suddenly breaks up with her and leaves. She is more depressed when she finds out she is pregnant with his baby. But she finds a diary from him slipped under her door. A diary that says simply Suzanne's diary for Nicholas. Inside, Matt asks her to read it, though it may be hard for her. She finds out that Matt had/has a wife named Suzanne and a son named Nicholas. As she reads on, she begins to understand why Matt has left her. "
Megan, Resident Scholar

"Katies love of her life breaks it off but leaves her a diary to help her understand why, as she reads the diary she discovers a wife and son she didn't know about. The diary is from Suzanne for her son Nicholas and her love for her son and husband, along this ride we find that Suzanne has a major heart problem. The ending is predictable but one of the few really beautiful books I have read in a very long time, it leaves you sad but knowing that life does go on, and sometimes (maybe most of the time) the story ends happliy ever after. This is not the type of bood I normally read, but have loved all of James Pattersons books so I took a chance, I started reading at 8:30a.m. and finished it by 11:00a.m. I never put it down. I think if you give this book a chance you will not regret it I have not had a book touch me like this one in years and years of reading."
Ellen Allen, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one man-two women
Marriage/Married Yes
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Family focus? Yes
Family, loving Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - writer
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - guilty
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - business executive - doctor/medical
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic - somewhat romantic
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - physically sick

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Water? Yes
Island? Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 60% - 80%
Sex in book? Yes
Focus of story - equally on 3 in a l-triangle
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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