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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Shubin, Neil
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nonfiction science popularization past tense first POV ~252 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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lyrical reflective wonder

A nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, intimate scope. Character-driven and deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 20
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 75
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 10
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count62,912
Page count~252 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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