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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

Holiday, Ryan
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nonfiction media criticism past tense first POV ~313 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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cynical caustic melancholic

A propulsive and dark nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 65
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count78,368
Page count~313 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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