City of Stairs 📖

City of Stairs

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nonfiction science fiction criticism and publishing news past tense third omni POV ~341 pp

Vibe

informative neutral encyclopedic

A nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, spare, direct prose, intimate scope. Character-driven and action-forward.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 15
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 10
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 10
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 10
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count85,331
Page count~341 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird omni