The Hating Game 📖

The Hating Game

Sally Thorne
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contemporary fiction romantic comedy past tense first POV ~429 pp

Vibe

tense romantic comedic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, humor, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 80%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count107,169
Page count~429 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst