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Since You've Been Gone

Matson, Morgan
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~470 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic anxious yearning

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count117,614
Page count~470 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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