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The Beetle (Open Road)

Marsh, Richard
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mystery supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~440 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive nightmarish paranoid

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count109,878
Page count~440 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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