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Sea of Poppies (US)

Ghosh, Amitav
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historical fiction colonial historical fiction past tense third limited POV ~831 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive lyrical bleak

A dark historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 35%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count207,704
Page count~831 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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