Dandelion Wine 📖

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury
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literary fiction coming of age past tense third limited POV ~275 pp

Vibe

lyrical melancholic reflective

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count68,821
Page count~275 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited