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Hannibal
Harris, Thomas · 2009
thriller
psychological thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~502 pp
Vibe
psychological horror
visceral
moral ambiguity
A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
30%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 125,437 |
| Page count | ~502 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |