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Up Close and Dangerous
Howard, Linda
contemporary fiction
survival thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~349 pp
Vibe
A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
65
externalintrospective
Ending
80
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
60%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 87,300 |
| Page count | ~349 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |