The Dark Lord of Derkholm 📖

The Dark Lord of Derkholm

Jones, Diana Wynne
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fantasy comedy fantasy past tense third limited POV ~488 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

darkly humorous absurd anxious

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 25%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count122,027
Page count~488 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited