The Hanging Tree 📖

The Hanging Tree

Ben Aaronovitch
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fantasy urban fantasy / magical realism past tense first POV ~389 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense gritty chaotic

A propulsive and dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count97,203
Page count~389 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst