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Im Thinking of Ending Things

Reid Iain
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horror psychological horror past tense first POV ~227 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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claustrophobic psychological horror uncanny

A slow-burn and dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 0
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count56,866
Page count~227 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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