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One Door Away from Heaven

Koontz, Dean Ray
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young adult science fiction horror past tense third limited POV ~831 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive nightmarish desperate

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

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Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count207,737
Page count~831 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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