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Prince of Thorns

Mark Lawrence
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fantasy dark fantasy / high fantasy past tense first POV ~332 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

dark gritty vengeful

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 45%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count82,889
Page count~332 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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