Still Life 📖

Still Life

Louise Penny
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literary fiction cozy mystery past tense third limited POV ~382 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical atmospheric

A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count95,544
Page count~382 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited