How long does it take to read Backfire?
Backfire by Sally Wentworth takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 186 pages, about 51,150 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
(From Cover) To out-of-work actress Abby Stevens, helping Charles Bradbury to get his revenge on Lance Lazenby, who had ruined his daughter's life, was just a job to tide her over - though seeing what the Lazenby man had done to poor tragic Sarah Bradbury made her determined to help bring him to justice. But it all backfired on her when she realised that she had fallen in love with Lance - who, she had to keep reminding herself, was utterly without scruples and wouldn't hesitate to ruin her life too, if it suited him!
