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Free Lunch

Rex Ogle
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contemporary fiction poverty realism past tense first POV ~194 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty angst melancholic

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 70
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count48,601
Page count~194 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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