Revenge of the Living Dummy 📖

Revenge of the Living Dummy

R L Stine
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fantasy middle grade horror past tense first POV ~87 pp

Vibe

suspenseful creepy mischievous

A propulsive fantasy. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count21,781
Page count~87 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst