The Door to December 📖

The Door to December

Koontz, Dean
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thriller psychological thriller with supernatural elements past tense third limited POV ~488 pp

Vibe

paranoid oppressive bleak

A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count121,921
Page count~488 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited