Dead to the World 📖

Dead to the World

Harris, Charlaine
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense first POV ~392 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense paranoid gritty

A propulsive fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count98,050
Page count~392 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst