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Gray Mountain
John Grisham
literary fiction
contemporary legal drama
past tense
third limited POV
~491 pp
Vibe
gritty
oppressive
melancholic
A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
20
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
40%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 122,697 |
| Page count | ~491 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |