Phantoms 📖

Phantoms

Dean Ray Koontz
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horror supernatural horror / thriller past tense third limited POV ~547 pp

Vibe

nightmarish oppressive terrifying

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 40
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count136,846
Page count~547 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited