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2nd Chance
Patterson, James
mystery
police procedural
past tense
third limited POV
~303 pp
Vibe
A propulsive and dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
40
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 75,720 |
| Page count | ~303 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |