Small Country 📖

Small Country

Faye, Gaël
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contemporary fiction historical fiction past tense third limited POV ~200 pp

Vibe

oppressive traumatic melancholic

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count49,949
Page count~200 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited