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Mystic River

Lehane, Dennis
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crime fiction neo-noir thriller past tense third limited POV ~547 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty bleak melancholic

A dark crime fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count136,725
Page count~547 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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