The China Study 📖

The China Study

Campbell, T Colin; Campbell, Thomas M
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nonfiction health and wellness past tense third limited POV ~649 pp

Vibe

analytical urgent authoritative

A slow-burn nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Character-driven.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 10
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count162,171
Page count~649 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited