Tales from Earthsea # SSC 📖

Tales from Earthsea # SSC

Guin, Ursula K Le
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fantasy high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~422 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

mythic atmospheric solemn

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count105,396
Page count~422 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited