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Blood and Guts in High School

Acker, Kathy
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literary fiction autobiographical fiction past tense third limited POV ~164 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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visceral desperate melancholic

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 95%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count41,036
Page count~164 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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