You made a Fool of Death with your Beauty 📖

You made a Fool of Death with your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi
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contemporary fiction literary fiction past tense third limited POV ~345 pp

Vibe

tense passionate angsty

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 35
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count86,239
Page count~345 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited