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The City We Became

N. K. Jemisin
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science fiction urban fantasy/speculative fiction past tense third limited POV ~522 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

cosmic horror urban fantasy existential dread

A propulsive science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count130,434
Page count~522 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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