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Life Expectancy
Koontz, Dean
contemporary fiction
paranoid thriller with dark comedy elements
past tense
first POV
~414 pp
Vibe
darkly comic
paranoid
absurd
A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, humor.
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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
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 103,496 |
| Page count | ~414 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |