When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir 📖

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

Khan-Cullors, Patrisse; Bandele, Asha
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contemporary fiction memoir past tense first POV ~269 pp

Vibe

traumatic visceral defiant

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count67,303
Page count~269 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst