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City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert
literary fiction
historical fiction
past tense
first POV
~579 pp
Vibe
melancholic
lyrical
gritty
A literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, sexual content.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
85
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
95
externalintrospective
Ending
60
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
90%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 144,661 |
| Page count | ~579 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |