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It's Kind of a Funny Story

Ned Vizzini
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contemporary fiction young adult literary fiction past tense first POV ~325 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

claustrophobic anxious raw

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,197
Page count~325 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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