Eleanor  Park 📖

Eleanor Park

Rainbow Rowell
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contemporary fiction young adult literary fiction past tense third limited POV ~321 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical tense

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count80,255
Page count~321 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited