Career of Evil 📖

Career of Evil

Galbraith, Robert
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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
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 35%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count157,787
Page count~631 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited