Swimming in the Dark 📖

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense first POV ~229 pp

Vibe

melancholic claustrophobic lyrical

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 85%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count57,297
Page count~229 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst