Asylum 📖

Asylum

Roux, Madeleine
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thriller psychological horror past tense third limited POV ~247 pp

Vibe

tense oppressive uncanny

A thriller. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count61,626
Page count~247 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited