The City of Brass 📖

The City of Brass

S A Chakraborty
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~643 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

oppressive mythic volatile

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 35
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 92%
noneextreme
Sexual content 35%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 65%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count160,764
Page count~643 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited