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The River of Doubt

Millard, Candice
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historical fiction historical adventure past tense third limited POV ~531 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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grueling existential heroic

A dark historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 85
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count132,634
Page count~531 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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