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The Jester

Patterson, James; Gross, Andrew
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historical fiction medieval adventure past tense first POV ~428 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty bleak melancholic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count107,018
Page count~428 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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