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Gallant

V. E. Schwab
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fantasy dark fantasy / gothic horror past tense third limited POV ~262 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive gothic melancholic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 65
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count65,581
Page count~262 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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