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Burned

Ellen Hopkins
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~188 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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oppressive angst desperate

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

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

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count47,032
Page count~188 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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