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The Mueller Report
Robert S. Mueller III
2019 · 122 pages · Narrative nonfiction
How it reads
The Mueller Report is narrative nonfiction (political report, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told through letters, documents or mixed forms. Its central concerns are justice and power and politics. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 122 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want something to chew on
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- narrative nonfiction
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- big city
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- letters, documents or mixed forms
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- mega-bestseller
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- justice, power and politics
- Ending style
- ambiguous
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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