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The Book of Life A Novel

Deborah Harkness
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fantasy urban fantasy / paranormal romance past tense third limited POV ~779 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive gothic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count194,740
Page count~779 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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