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On the Come Up

Angie Thomas
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contemporary fiction urban drama past tense first POV ~386 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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angsty gritty defiant

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count96,545
Page count~386 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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