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We the Animals (retail)

Torres, Justin
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literary fiction poverty realism past tense third limited POV ~113 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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visceral oppressive melancholic

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 92%
noneextreme
Sexual content 88%
noneexplicit
Humor 35%
seriouscomedic
Romance 15%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count28,367
Page count~113 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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