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Too Many Cooks
Stout, Rex
mystery
cozy mystery
past tense
first POV
~315 pp
Vibe
satirical
ironic
whimsical
A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, humor.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
80
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
20%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 78,757 |
| Page count | ~315 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |