As Good As Dead 📖

As Good As Dead

Jackson Holly
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thriller psychological thriller / mystery past tense third limited POV ~540 pp

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paranoid psychological horror obsessive

A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count135,009
Page count~540 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited