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The Honorable Schoolboy
Carre, John Le
thriller
espionage
past tense
third limited POV
~792 pp
Vibe
paranoid
gritty
atmospheric
A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
40
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
40%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 198,064 |
| Page count | ~792 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |