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The Vision, Vol. 2: Little Better Than a Beast

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Characterization labels used: synthezoid protagonist, android family, flawed characters, layered characters, emotionally restrained, tragic figures, harried housewife, obsessive teen, moral ambiguity, protective father

Relationships labels used: marriage, family unit, parent-child, sibling relationship, ex-wife, husband-wife, uncle-nephew, romantic backstory, team conflict, community hostility

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The Vision

Tom King, Gabriel Hernández Walta · 2018 · The Vision (2015)

An android builds a suburban family and learns that passing as normal can become a tragic, deadly experiment.

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Characterization labels: android protagonist · synthezoid · family patriarch · wife figure · teenage twins · artificial family · outsider · lonely · socially awkward · philosophical · tragic hero · powerful being · emotionally intelligent AI

Relationships labels: family · marriage · parent-child · husband-wife · siblings · community suspicion · social alienation · spousal conflict · team conflict · romantic history · trust issues

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1015

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The Vision, Vol. 1: Little Worse Than a Man

Tom King · 2016 · The Vision (2015)

An android Avenger builds a family and moves to the suburbs, where normal life curdles into dread.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: synthezoid protagonist · artificial beings · frustrated housewife · teen twins · outsider protagonist · overpowered character · emotionally stilted speech · logical thinker · well-meaning but flawed · unsettling family

Relationships labels: marriage · parents and children · siblings · neighbors · community hostility · family secrecy · blackmail · authority conflict · Avengers family tension · marital strife

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1096

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Lost Boys

Orson Scott Card · 1994

A Mormon family’s move to North Carolina brings everyday tensions, eerie friendships, and a slow-building threat to their young son.

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Characterization labels: young child protagonist · pregnant mother · working father · software programmer · technical writer · stay-at-home mother · introverted child · bullied child · lonely child · strong family unit · morally flawed adults · creepy adult antagonist · mentally ill character

Relationships labels: marriage · parent-child relationship · sibling relationship · family unit · church community · workplace hierarchy · teacher-student conflict · neighbor relations · community support · marital banter · protective parenting · family dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1512

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The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac

Sharma Shields · 2015

A boy abandoned by his mother to a Sasquatch grows into a man whose lifelong hunt reverberates through generations.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: obsessed protagonist · dysfunctional family · flawed characters · unlikeable characters · sympathetic child protagonist · isolated father · eccentric outsiders · obsessive hunter

Relationships labels: mother-son bond · marriage · divorce · wives · father-son · parent-child · generational conflict · family dysfunction · romantic abandonment · community ties

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1518

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More Perfect

Temi Oh · 2023

In near-future London, two people shaped by opposite views of a brain-linked network confront love, memory, and control.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonists · traumatized characters · isolated outsider · rebellious hacker · dreammaker · dancer · neo-Luddite · morally ambiguous characters

Relationships labels: love story · romance · siblings · family conflict · parent-child conflict · oppositional factions · power imbalance · betrayal · dependency

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1534

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Skin

Liam Brown · 2019

In a virus-ravaged near future, one woman’s quarantined family life changes when she spots someone who seems immune.

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Characterization labels: mother protagonist · wife · teenage children · jaded woman · flawed characters · isolated family · rebellious teen · hacker son · moody daughter · morally deteriorating son · immune stranger

Relationships labels: family isolation · parent-child strain · marital distance · sibling rivalry · remote family life · household conflict · power imbalance · estranged family · protective parent

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1545

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Life As We Knew It

Susan Beth Pfeffer · 2006 · Last Survivors

A teenage girl’s diary tracks her family’s struggle to survive after a moon-shifting disaster upends Earth.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · whiny teen · immature narrator · character growth · matured protagonist · protective mother · resourceful mother · older brother caretaker · elderly neighbor · religious zealot · family unit

Relationships labels: mother-daughter · siblings · father-daughter · divorced parents · stepfamily · family loyalty · family strain · romance subplot · friendship conflict · community breakdown

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1584

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The Mother Fault

Kate Mildenhall · 2020

In a near-future Australia, a mother defies a surveillance state to find her missing husband and save her children.

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Characterization labels: mother protagonist · flawed heroine · protective parent · ordinary woman · strong female protagonist · young children · missing husband · working mother · maternal guilt · resilient heroine

Relationships labels: mother-child bond · marriage · family separation · parent-child conflict · sibling relationship · former lovers · romantic subplot · state vs citizen · family threat · dependence on friends

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1585

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The Between

Tananarive Due · 1995

A man haunted by childhood survival and racist threats begins to lose the line between nightmare and reality.

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Characterization labels: flawed protagonist · family man · protective father · husband · judge · rehab director · psychologically unstable · compassionate · morally compromised · complex characters · minor characters · character-driven

Relationships labels: marriage · family unit · parent-child bond · grandmother-grandson bond · marital strain · protective husband · romantic conflict · community support · threatened family · intergenerational loss

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1590

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The Great Transition

Nick Fuller Googins · 2023

In a near-future net-zero world, a teen and her father search for her missing mother as old climate wounds reopen.

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Characterization labels: teen protagonist · activist parent · missing mother · protective father · hardened idealist · traumatized characters · politically divided couple · young narrator · family-centered cast · morally conflicted characters

Relationships labels: parent-child · marriage crisis · estrangement · family tension · mother-daughter · father-daughter · romantic backstory · co-parenting · generational conflict · trust issues

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Distance: 0.1603

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Masque of the Red Death

Bethany Griffin · 2012 · Masque of the Red Death

In a plague-ravaged city, a grieving girl with a life-saving mask is pulled into secrets, revolt, and a dangerous love triangle.

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Characterization labels: suicidal protagonist · depressed heroine · grieving daughter · brooding love interest · tattooed love interest · mysterious aristocrat · scientist parent · rebellious leader · younger siblings caretaker · morally ambiguous · flawed heroine · secretive characters

Relationships labels: love triangle · siblings · friendship · family betrayal · romance · power struggle · parent-child conflict · loyalty conflict · alliance · betrayal · protective caregiving · rival suitors

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1604

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You & Me and You & Me and You & Me

Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees · 2026

A long-married couple discovers mixtapes that send them into their past, tempting them to rewrite their future.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: flawed protagonists · relatable couple · middle-aged couple · married couple · resentful spouses · sympathetic but annoying · selfish choices · emotionally stuck · frustrated parents · ambitious wife · discontented husband · regretful characters · ordinary people

Relationships labels: marriage · long-term partnership · parent-child · spousal resentment · shared history · romantic reconnection · family tension · friendship · mutual dependence

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.1613

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