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Bullet Train
Kotaro Isaka
thriller
crime thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~528 pp
Vibe
tense
oppressive
psychological
A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
65
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 131,920 |
| Page count | ~528 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |