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Jasper Jones

Silvey, Craig
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literary fiction coming of age mystery past tense first POV ~439 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic oppressive lyrical

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count109,834
Page count~439 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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