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Career of Evil
Galbraith, Robert
mystery
crime thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~631 pp
Vibe
gritty
psychological
menacing
A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
80
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
45%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 157,787 |
| Page count | ~631 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |