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The Divided Self An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

Laing, R
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nonfiction psychiatry/psychoanalysis past tense third limited POV ~315 pp
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existential bleak clinical

A slow-burn and dark nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Character-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 10
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 15
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 0%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count78,734
Page count~315 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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