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Joyland

Stephen King
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horror psychological horror / mystery thriller past tense first POV ~333 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense melancholic atmospheric

A horror. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count83,303
Page count~333 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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