The Program 📖

The Program

Young, Suzanne
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young adult dystopian young adult fiction past tense first POV ~440 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

dystopian oppressive angst

A dark young adult. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count109,936
Page count~440 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst