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The It Girl
Ruth Ware
literary fiction
psychological thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~518 pp
Vibe
psychological
oppressive
haunting
A dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
78
sparsedense
Pacing
45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
85
externalintrospective
Ending
10
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
40%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 129,623 |
| Page count | ~518 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |