Why I Quit Zombie School 📖

Why I Quit Zombie School

Stine, R L
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horror young adult horror past tense first POV ~102 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense horror paranoid

A propulsive and dark horror. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 35
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count25,592
Page count~102 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst