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Dear Evan Hansen

Val Emmich; Steven Levenson; Benj Pasek; Justin Paul
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contemporary fiction psychological drama past tense first POV ~313 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic anxious deceptive

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count78,273
Page count~313 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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