A Lesson in Vengeance 📖

A Lesson in Vengeance

Victoria Lee
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thriller psychological horror past tense first POV ~371 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

oppressive uncanny morbid

A dark thriller. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count92,738
Page count~371 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst