Ace of Spades 📖

Ace of Spades

Àbíké-Íyímídé Faridah
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contemporary fiction dystopian high school thriller past tense first POV ~416 pp

Vibe

oppressive anxious visceral

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 75%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count104,032
Page count~416 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst