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How Doctors Think

Groopman, Jerome
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nonfiction medical memoir / cognitive science past tense third limited POV ~375 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

analytical reflective urgent

A nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count93,794
Page count~375 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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