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Tricks

Ellen Hopkins
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contemporary fiction young adult drama past tense first POV ~377 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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gritty desperate bleak

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count94,141
Page count~377 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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