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The Rithmatist

Sanderson, Brandon
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fantasy urban fantasy / young adult fantasy past tense third limited POV ~361 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive paranoid

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count90,147
Page count~361 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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