The Stone of Farewell : Book Two of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 📖

The Stone of Farewell : Book Two of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

Tad Williams
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fantasy high fantasy epic past tense third limited POV ~1,086 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

oppressive mythic bleak

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 82
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count271,464
Page count~1,086 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited