The Raven Tower 📖

The Raven Tower

Leckie, Ann
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fantasy high fantasy mixed tense third limited POV ~400 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

ancient mythic melancholic

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count99,986
Page count~400 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensemixed
Cast & World
POVthird limited