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The Day That Went Missing

Beard, Richard
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literary fiction memoir past tense first POV ~277 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic obsessive bleak

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count69,157
Page count~277 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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