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Life Expectancy

Koontz, Dean
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contemporary fiction paranoid thriller with dark comedy elements past tense first POV ~414 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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darkly comic paranoid absurd

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count103,496
Page count~414 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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