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The Body

Stephen King
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~241 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic grim lyrical

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,126
Page count~241 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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