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The City of Dreaming Books

Moers, Walter
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fantasy surreal fantasy / literary fantasy past tense third limited POV ~586 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

whimsical absurd macabre

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count146,538
Page count~586 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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