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The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater
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young adult urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~428 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive anxious melancholic

A young adult. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count106,924
Page count~428 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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