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The Westing Game Puffin Modern Classics

Ellen Raskin
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mystery whodunit past tense third limited POV ~203 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense mysterious clever

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count50,818
Page count~203 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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