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How Democracies Die

Levitsky, Steven
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political nonfiction political science past tense third limited POV ~322 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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analytical urgent grave

A political nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Character-driven and action-forward.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 0
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 20
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 10
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count80,487
Page count~322 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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