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The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart
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mystery children's mystery/adventure past tense third limited POV ~552 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense clever whimsical

A mystery. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 65
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 85
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 80%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count138,054
Page count~552 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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