Extras 📖

Extras

Westerfeld, Scott
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science fiction young adult science fiction past tense third limited POV ~349 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

adventurous chaotic speculative

A science fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 72
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 88
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 75%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count87,247
Page count~349 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited