Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic 📖

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Quammen, David
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nonfiction science journalism past tense third limited POV ~766 pp

Vibe

clinical foreboding analytical

A dark nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Character-driven. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 30
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count191,492
Page count~766 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited