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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Andrews Jesse
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contemporary fiction coming-of-age past tense first POV ~242 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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awkward grim absurdist

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 90%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,434
Page count~242 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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