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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney
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contemporary fiction young adult contemporary romance past tense first POV ~325 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

angsty raw redemptive

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

Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,171
Page count~325 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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