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Night Film: A Novel

Pessl, Marisha
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literary fiction supernatural thriller past tense first POV ~774 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive paranoid melancholic

A dark literary fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count193,534
Page count~774 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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