The Kings of Clonmel 📖

The Kings of Clonmel

Flanagan, John
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fantasy sword and sorcery past tense third limited POV ~408 pp

Vibe

tense gritty heroic

A fantasy. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 65
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count102,086
Page count~408 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited