Fallen Angels 📖

Fallen Angels

Walter Dean Myers
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contemporary fiction war fiction past tense first POV ~302 pp

Vibe

gritty bleak melancholic

A propulsive and dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count75,449
Page count~302 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst