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The Amulet of Samarkand UK

Jonathan Stroud
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fantasy urban fantasy / young adult fantasy past tense third limited POV ~504 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive paranoid murderous

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count125,997
Page count~504 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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