The Art of Starving 📖

The Art of Starving

Miller, Sam J
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young adult dystopian coming-of-age past tense first POV ~306 pp

Vibe

psychological horror angst desperate

A dark young adult. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count76,424
Page count~306 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst