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The Big Bad Wolf

James Patterson
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thriller crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~324 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty paranoid

A propulsive and dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,023
Page count~324 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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