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The Summer I Died

Ryan C. Thomas
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horror psychological horror/thriller past tense first POV ~257 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty desperate tortured

A dark horror. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 100%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count64,331
Page count~257 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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