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Abarat

Barker, Clive
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fantasy adventure fantasy past tense third limited POV ~429 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

adventurous whimsical perilous

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count107,360
Page count~429 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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