Max 📖

Max

Patterson, James
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young adult urban fantasy past tense first POV ~230 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

adventurous tense melancholic

A propulsive young adult. Expect rich worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, romance, humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 65
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count57,401
Page count~230 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst