The Great Alone 📖

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense third limited POV ~552 pp

Vibe

bleak oppressive raw

A dark literary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count137,897
Page count~552 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited