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Lives of Girls and Women
Munro, Alice
contemporary fiction
coming of age
past tense
first POV
~370 pp
Vibe
melancholic
lyrical
observant
A slow-burn contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, humor, sexual content.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
95
externalintrospective
Ending
40
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
90%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 92,575 |
| Page count | ~370 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |