People Kill People 📖

People Kill People

Hopkins, Ellen
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contemporary fiction urban drama/thriller past tense third limited POV ~304 pp

Vibe

tense grim oppressive

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. 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 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 65%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count75,981
Page count~304 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited