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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Gawande, Atul
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literary fiction medical memoir past tense third limited POV ~358 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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clinical uncertain gritty

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 0
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count89,452
Page count~358 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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