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Russian Roulette # (UK)

Horowitz, Anthony
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thriller young adult thriller past tense first POV ~398 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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oppressive violent moral ambiguity

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 40
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 5%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count99,565
Page count~398 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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