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Review Summaries
"This great book tells the story of Janet and her friends at college. At first everyone and everything is as they appear to be, but gradually Janet realizes that some of her friends and professors are not entirely earthly. This is a sort of coming-of-age book about intellectual college types and the fantasy element is sublimated for much of the book, playing a major importance at the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves reading."
carlin, Resident Pamela Dean Scholar
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Coming of age
Yes
Youngster becomes
- a great scholar/artist
- an adult (general)
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- search for identity/new understanding
- change of heart
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- scholar
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- mind control
- Invisibility
- can read emotions
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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