The Ex Talk 📖

The Ex Talk

Rachel Lynn Solomon
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contemporary fiction workplace romance past tense first POV ~386 pp

Vibe

melancholic anxious romantic

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count96,469
Page count~386 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst