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| Plot Summary of Paradise Wild |
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"Jared Burkett leaves his native Hawaii for Boston to exact revenge on the man he believes responsible for his broken-hearted mother's suicide. Unable to ruin him financially he weds his daughter, Corinne, after raping her, and leaves her publically humilitaed and pregnant. Corinne pursues Jared back to Hawaii to avenge her injust treatment, by pretending to be promiscuous to humiliate Jared on his own home turf, but finds herself pregnant. She gives birth in secrecy and passes her son off as that of her maid when Jared finds her and imprisons her to stop her "whorish ways". Their tempestuous and violent relationship is thwarted by mistresses, family members and neighbours, as they are attracted against their will."
Inger, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Paradise Wild |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Seduction/coercion/force
Yes
How seduced/forced?
- rape
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- out for emotional revenge
Who seduces whom?
- man seducing woman
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- architect
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
Sex makes him
- guilty
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
effect of sexing
- more bitchy/arrogant
- demanding
- angry
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Hawaii
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 3-4 sex acts
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