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the Shock Doctrine

Klein, Naomi
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nonfiction political economy / investigative journalism past tense third limited POV ~899 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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bleak indictment urgent

A dark nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Action-forward. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 5%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count224,639
Page count~899 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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