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The Alice Network

Quinn, Kate
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historical fiction spy thriller / war drama mixed tense third limited POV ~600 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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bleak oppressive traumatic

A dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 45%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count149,928
Page count~600 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensemixed
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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