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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory

Doughty, Caitlin
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literary fiction memoir past tense first POV ~274 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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visceral existential melancholic

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count68,402
Page count~274 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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