From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death 📖

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Doughty, Caitlin
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literary fiction nonfiction past tense first POV ~193 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical reflective

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, intimate scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

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

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count48,295
Page count~193 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst