City of Bones 📖

City of Bones

Clare, Cassandra
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~2,113 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense gothic angsty

A propulsive and dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count528,186
Page count~2,113 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited