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What Holly Heard

Stine, R L; Schmidt, Bill
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young adult young adult thriller past tense third limited POV ~101 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense paranoid grim

A propulsive and dark young adult. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count25,362
Page count~101 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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