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Year of Wonders

Brooks, Geraldine
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historical fiction historical fiction (plague era) past tense first POV ~427 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic bleak oppressive

A dark historical fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count106,791
Page count~427 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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