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The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel
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literary fiction crime thriller with magical realism elements past tense third limited POV ~347 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic oppressive uncanny

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count86,866
Page count~347 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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