Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel 📖

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel

Farizan, Sara
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contemporary fiction young adult coming-of-age romance past tense first POV ~242 pp

Vibe

melancholic angsty coming-of-age

A contemporary 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 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 45
intimateepic

Content

Violence 20%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,479
Page count~242 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst