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Child of God

McCarthy, Cormac
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literary fiction Southern Gothic past tense third limited POV ~122 pp
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grotesque bleak murderous

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 95
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 20
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count30,397
Page count~122 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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