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Characterization labels used: brilliant young scientist, young researcher, eidetic memory, social anxiety, timid heroine, selfless heroine, idealistic, broody love interest, angry love interest, stubborn love interest, hostile subject, sadistic supervisor, headstrong, resilient

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Jessica Khoury · 2012 · Corpus

An immortal teen raised in a secret Amazon lab escapes the fence and uncovers dangerous truths about herself.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: immortal heroine · sheltered protagonist · curious protagonist · scientist raised · genetically engineered · perfect girl trope · love interest · native boy · young adult protagonist · emotionally conflicted · naive heroine · curious outsider · scientific mentor · villainous scientists

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Distance: 0.1513

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Beyond

Maureen A. Miller · 2012 · Beyond

A recent graduate is abducted by humanoid aliens and must choose between returning home or staying with the warrior she loves.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: intelligent heroine · resourceful heroine · strong female lead · young woman · aspiring engineer · nerdy heroine · brave heroine · brooding love interest · stoic warrior · scientist · mad scientist · leader · artificial intelligence · humanoid aliens · awkward scientist · relatable heroine

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1831

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Professor Dowell's Head

Alexander Belyaev · 1981

A scientist’s severed head remains alive, pulling an assistant into a dangerous web of experimentation and betrayal.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mad scientist · cunning adversary · brilliant scientist · young assistant · nurse · scientific rival · coerced subject · moral witness · evil mastermind · victimized genius

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1844

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De engelenmaker

Stefan Brijs · 2006

A returning village doctor arrives with three secretive, disfigured children, stirring suspicion around cloning, faith, and power.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mad scientist · genius · outsider · asocial · emotionally detached · ambitious · obsessive · traumatized · misunderstood genius · frustrated · childhood trauma · morally rigid · cold parent

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1852

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Rappaccini's Daughter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 2004

A student in Padua falls for a mysterious woman raised in a deadly garden of poisonous plants.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: young student · beautiful heroine · mad scientist · rival scholar · morally ambiguous characters · naive protagonist · monomaniacal father · toxic heroine · scientific obsessor

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1852

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Alienated

Melissa Landers · 2014 · Alienated

A teen blogger hosts an alien exchange student, and first contact turns into romance amid prejudice and sabotage.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: overachiever · valedictorian · blogger · journalist aspirant · sassy heroine · smart heroine · fiery heroine · reserved love interest · cold love interest · genius character · alien outsider · rebellious love interest · supportive parent · hidden-agenda character · character growth

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1591

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The Madman's Daughter

Megan Shepherd · 2013 · The Madman’s Daughter

A Victorian orphan follows rumors about her missing mad-scientist father to a remote island of horrors and secrets.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: strong heroine · proactive heroine · intelligent heroine · curious heroine · survivor · determined protagonist · morally conflicted protagonist · dark side · mad scientist · obsessed scientist · handsome love interest · mysterious castaway · protective love interest · complex antagonist · father figure

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1896

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Tainted

Morgan L. Busse · 2016 · Soul Chronicles

A young woman with a soul-draining power and a wounded bounty hunter race to find a cure in a steampunk world.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: gifted heroine · wounded hero · emotionally damaged · broken characters · flawed protagonists · reluctant ally · scientist father · mad scientist · cold father · female student · bounty hunter · detective · policeman turned bounty hunter · self-doubt · determined heroine · morally serious · jealous mistrust · protective instinct

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1899

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Mutation

Robin Cook · 1998

A fertility doctor secretly engineers a genius child, then watches his experiment grow into a terrifying threat.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mad scientist · obsessed scientist · geneticist · doctor protagonist · scientist father · anxious mother · child prodigy · evil genius · sociopathic child · emotionless child · naive protagonist · high-strung characters

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Distance: 0.1935

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Devil May Lie

Chani Lynn Feener · 2024 · The Devils of Vitality

A feared mafia scientist and a royal racer ignite a forbidden, obsessive romance that tests loyalty, trauma, and power.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: mad scientist · butcher · royal · racer · medical student · murderous · morally gray · obsessive · possessive · protective · tender · unhinged · traumatized · vulnerable · socially awkward · blunt · manipulative · petty · loyal · self-sacrificing · dissociative · psychotic · masochistic · sadistic · wildcard

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Distance: 0.1961

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 2018

A scientist creates life from dead matter, then faces the human and moral consequences of abandoning his creation.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ambitious scientist · mad scientist · brilliant fool · obsessive seeker · self-centered · cowardly · melancholic · sympathetic creature · articulate creature · noble monster · isolated outsider · tragic antihero

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Distance: 0.1975

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Electric Forest

Tanith Lee · 1979

In a genetically perfect future, an ostracized woman accepts a new body from a mysterious benefactor with hidden motives.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ugly protagonist · disabled protagonist · social outsider · beautiful antagonist · mad scientist · manipulative mentor · wealthy elite · ambiguous heroine · psychologically isolated · morally compromised

Semantic match: ranked by characterization

Distance: 0.1984

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