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The Lightning Thief

Riordan, Rick
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense first POV ~371 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

adventurous mythological mysterious

A propulsive fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count92,749
Page count~371 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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