False Memory 📖

False Memory

Koontz, Dean Ray
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thriller psychological thriller with supernatural elements past tense third limited POV ~847 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

psychological horror paranoid melancholic

A dark thriller. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 80%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count211,718
Page count~847 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited