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Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
literary fiction
contemporary realism
past tense
third limited POV
~81 pp
Vibe
melancholic
oppressive
bleak
A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
72
sparsedense
Pacing
35
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
20
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 20,268 |
| Page count | ~81 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |