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The Witches

Roald Dahl Roald Blake Qu Dahl
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fantasy children's fantasy adventure past tense first POV ~149 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

whimsical macabre adventurous

A propulsive fantasy. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count37,369
Page count~149 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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