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The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani
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fantasy dark fantasy / fairy tale retelling past tense third limited POV ~426 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

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darkly whimsical gothic fairy tale psychological horror

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, humor.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count106,410
Page count~426 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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