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Tell Me Lies

Lovering, Carola
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contemporary fiction psychological drama past tense first POV ~508 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

obsessive volatile melancholic

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

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 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count127,115
Page count~508 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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