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A Bend in the Road

Sparks, Nicholas
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contemporary fiction crime drama / small-town mystery past tense third limited POV ~374 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense melancholic angsty

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count93,603
Page count~374 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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