All the President's Men 📖

All the President's Men

Woodward, Bob; Bernstein, Carl
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historical fiction political thriller past tense third limited POV ~481 pp

Vibe

tense gritty paranoid

A dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 5%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count120,242
Page count~481 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited