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Win Lose Kill Die

Cynthia Murphy
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thriller young adult mystery thriller past tense first POV ~261 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive paranoid

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

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Prose density 65
sparsedense
Pacing 70
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count65,150
Page count~261 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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