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Lives of Girls and Women

Munro, Alice
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~370 pp
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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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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
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count92,575
Page count~370 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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