Everlost (1) (The Skinjacker Trilogy) 📖

Everlost (1) (The Skinjacker Trilogy)

Neal Shusterman
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~358 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

melancholic lyrical whimsical

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count89,582
Page count~358 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited