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Can't Get There from Here

Todd Strasser
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contemporary fiction urban drama past tense first POV ~177 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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bleak gritty desperate

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

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 15%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count44,259
Page count~177 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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