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If I Had Your Face: A Novel: A Novel

Frances Cha
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literary fiction contemporary fiction past tense third limited POV ~325 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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claustrophobic bleak melancholic

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,311
Page count~325 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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