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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow
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fantasy urban fantasy|portal fantasy|historical fantasy mixed tense third limited|first person POV ~454 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive lyrical gothic

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count113,461
Page count~454 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensemixed
Cast & World
POVthird limited|first person

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