Dopesick 📖

Dopesick

Macy, Beth
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nonfiction investigative journalism past tense third limited POV ~473 pp

Vibe

bleak gritty tragic

A dark nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. 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 50
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count118,231
Page count~473 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited