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The Jennifer Morgue

Stross, Charles
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literary fiction occult espionage thriller past tense first POV ~521 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

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bureaucratic absurdity occult espionage technothriller

A literary fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, romance, humor.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 70
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count130,165
Page count~521 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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