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You've Been Warned

James Patterson, Howard Roughan
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thriller psychological thriller past tense first POV ~242 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense paranoid melancholic

A propulsive thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,401
Page count~242 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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