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Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

John Gottman; Julie Schwartz Gottman; Doug Abrams; Rachel Carlton Abrams
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nonfiction relationship advice past tense third limited POV ~204 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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hopeful practical inspiring

A hopeful nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable romance, humor.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 75
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count50,963
Page count~204 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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