Sidney Sheldon's Reckless 📖

Sidney Sheldon's Reckless

Bagshawe, Tilly
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thriller political thriller / espionage past tense third limited POV ~406 pp

Vibe

tense gritty paranoid

A propulsive thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count101,397
Page count~406 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited