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Go Ask Alice

Beatrice Sparks
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~189 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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traumatic desperate melancholic

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 80%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count47,339
Page count~189 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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