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The Cheerleaders

Thomas, Kara
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young adult mystery thriller past tense first POV ~348 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense melancholic paranoid

A dark young adult. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count87,074
Page count~348 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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