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The Magician King

Grossman, Lev
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fantasy urban fantasy / magical realism past tense third limited POV ~566 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

mythic lyrical existential

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count141,598
Page count~566 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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