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When She Returned

Lucinda Berry
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thriller psychological thriller / cult horror past tense third limited POV ~337 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive bleak

A dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,191
Page count~337 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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