Tell the Wolves I'm Home 📖

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Brunt, Carol Rifka
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contemporary fiction literary fiction past tense first POV ~474 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical gothic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count118,522
Page count~474 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst