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We Used to Live Here : A Novel
Marcus Kliewer
horror
supernatural psychological thriller
past tense
third limited POV
~293 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
oppressive
paranoid
cosmic_horror
A dark horror. Expect rich 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
92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
85
externalintrospective
Ending
15
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Speculative hardness
soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 73,274 |
| Page count | ~293 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |