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How It Feels to Float
Fox Helena
literary fiction
contemporary literary fiction with magical realism elements
past tense
first POV
~300 pp
Vibe
melancholic
existential
haunting
A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
95
externalintrospective
Ending
30
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
40%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 74,959 |
| Page count | ~300 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |