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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

Browning, Christopher R
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historical fiction historical nonfiction/holocaust studies past tense third limited POV ~344 pp
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grim documentary devastating

A slow-burn and dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 10
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 98%
noneextreme
Sexual content 5%
noneexplicit
Humor 2%
seriouscomedic
Romance 5%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count85,963
Page count~344 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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