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The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins
thriller
psychological thriller
past tense
first POV
~319 pp
Vibe
tense
oppressive
psychological
A thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
70
externalintrospective
Ending
40
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
60%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 79,872 |
| Page count | ~319 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |