Till We Have Faces A Myth Retold 📖

Till We Have Faces A Myth Retold

C S Lewis
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literary fiction mythic fantasy past tense first POV ~339 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

bleak philosophical mythic

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,788
Page count~339 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst