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These books are ranked using the characterization labels extracted for Girlfriend in a Coma.
Characterization labels used: aimless youth, lost adults, antihero, drifter, alcoholic, sympathetic loser, nihilistic characters, immature adults, youthful characters
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their characterization embeddings are close.
Seven bleak, prescient sci-fi stories trace alienation, gender, and numbness in futures that feel eerily present.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: disaffected youth · apathetic protagonists · alienated characters · emotionally numb · nihilistic · detached · addicts · loners · antiheroes · restless adolescents · cynical characters · listless drifters · queer characters · female-led ensemble
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1462
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A winter mission forces a fragile gem warrior into a new partnership that changes identity, memory, and fate.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: clumsy protagonist · coming-of-age · self-doubt · depression · matured protagonist · traumatized protagonist · serious mentor · guard duty · stoic partner · genderless characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1542
In near-future Britain, four marginalized kids fight a system of surveillance, control, and collapse.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: children protagonists · young adults · traumatized youth · underclass · outsiders · antiheroes · hardened survivors · damaged families · miserable adults · archetypal characters · limited empathy · angry protagonists · revenge-minded
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1547
In near-future Cape Town, four young adults are swept into a corporate-dominated system of surveillance, branding, and revolt.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young adults · flawed characters · unlikeable characters · morally ambiguous · antiheroic · artist · photographer · programmer · activist · blogger · DJ · corporate climber · spoiled rich kid · addict · revolutionary · corporate insider · charmer · ruthless · ambitious · cynical · idealistic · naive · self-absorbed
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1648
A self-absorbed Berlin set designer chases sex, art, and a teleportation mystery across 1930s Europe and America.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: self-absorbed protagonist · unlikable protagonist · antihero · hedonist · misogynist · obsessive · dissatisfied young man · eccentric cast · drunken characters · deplorable characters · comic grotesques · socially oblivious
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1648
A small group of young survivors endures the aftermath of a deadly flu while one haunting night exposes how fragile their immunity may be.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young adults · college students · survivor group · unlikable characters · mean protagonist · apathetic protagonist · cynical characters · morally gray characters · emotionally damaged · nostalgic narrator
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1654
Martian exchange students returning home must navigate two rival societies, buried family truths, and where they truly belong.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: young adult protagonists · exchange students · dancer protagonist · filmmaker · delegates · political heirs · idealistic youth · ensemble characters · underdeveloped characters · introspective characters · socially displaced · coming-of-age
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1659
A washed-up space captain becomes the key to a sentient superweapon in a bleak, faction-riven future.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: antihero · passive protagonist · loser protagonist · down-and-out captain · drug dealer · drug user · drifter · unsympathetic protagonist · everyman · bitter loner
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1700
A Teen Titans arc of betrayal, identity change, and team upheaval as Robin becomes Nightwing and a hidden traitor is exposed.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen heroes · young adult transition · traitor character · antihero villain · mature leader · mute character · mentorless growth
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1701
Fourteen darkly funny, unsettling stories follow alienated misfits, bodily disgust, and failed attempts at connection.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: misfits · loners · antiheroes · antiheroines · unlikable characters · flawed characters · grotesque characters · alienated characters · self-loathing · morally compromised · unsympathetic protagonists · disturbed characters · pathetic characters · delusional characters · cruel characters · ordinary people · lonely characters · drunk characters · drug-addled characters · teachers · married couples · older couples · young adults · twins · peripheral lives
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1710
A listless teen is pulled with friends into a parallel Tokyo where survival depends on winning deadly, rule-bound games.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: aimless teenager · listless protagonist · high schooler · misfit · bohemian misfit · tough guy · goofball · relatable protagonist · smart protagonist · kind protagonist · archetypal cast
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1710
A near-future pandemic makes survivors blissfully content, sparking a battle over happiness, power, and control.
Why this is here
Characterization labels: teen protagonists · young adults · billionaire heir · homeless teen · immune protagonist · alpha spreader · morally gray · morally flexible · depressed character · ambitious executive · villainous elite · flat characters · unlikable characters
Semantic match: ranked by characterization
Distance: 0.1713
