Scars 📖

Scars

Cheryl Rainfield
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contemporary fiction psychological drama / young adult thriller past tense first POV ~219 pp

Vibe

traumatic visceral psychological

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 85%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 70%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count54,762
Page count~219 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst