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The Perfect Child

Berry, Lucinda
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literary fiction psychological thriller past tense first POV ~392 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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traumatic psychological horror bleak

A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 5%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count98,016
Page count~392 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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