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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~254 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic lyrical angsty

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count63,442
Page count~254 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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