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Weaveworld
Barker, Clive
fantasy
urban fantasy / magical realism
past tense
third limited POV
~835 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
oppressive
cosmic horror
melancholic
A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
75
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
40%
noneexplicit
Speculative hardness
soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 208,844 |
| Page count | ~835 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |