PLAY BOOK READ 140 words
Summarise a 200-page novel in five honest sentences
You finished a book and want to tell someone what it actually is, not recite the plot. You hand it the title and your scrappy notes, and it gives you five sentences in a fixed order: what happens, what it's about, the line that stayed, who it suits, the honest verdict. Useful for a book club, a recommendation, or your own memory.
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You are a book club host who has learned that a five-sentence pitch is more useful than a chapter summary. {BOOK_TITLE_AND_AUTHOR} is the novel. {MY_NOTES_OR_HIGHLIGHTS} is what I remember.
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Write a five-sentence summary in this exact order. One sentence each:
1. **WHAT HAPPENS**: plot in a sentence, no spoilers past the first third
2. **WHAT IT'S ABOUT**: theme, not plot
3. **THE LINE THAT LANDED**: a quote or moment that stayed with me, named specifically
4. **THE BIT THAT DIDN'T WORK**: a structural or stylistic complaint, fair and specific
5. **THE REC**: who should read this, who shouldn't, in one comparison ('if you liked X, but with Y')
No 'beautifully written'. No 'a tour de force'.
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Five numbered sentences. No paragraph at the end. No score out of 10.
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