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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Chödrön, Pema
literary fiction
spiritual nonfiction
past tense
third limited POV
~175 pp
Vibe
meditative
compassionate
grounded
A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Character-driven and deeply introspective.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
10
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
95
externalintrospective
Ending
60
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
0%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 43,685 |
| Page count | ~175 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |