Glass 📖

Glass

Hopkins Ellen
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contemporary fiction drug addiction drama past tense first POV ~262 pp

Vibe

addictive desperate bleak

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count65,389
Page count~262 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst