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Heart-Shaped Box

Hill, Joe
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horror supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~445 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive gritty psychological

A dark horror. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 45
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 35%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,266
Page count~445 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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