How long does it take to read Beast?
Beast by Peter Benchley takes about 6 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 368 pages, about 101,200 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nadat bij Bermuda een echtpaar in zee verdwenen is, ontdekt men dat een enorme octopus de gehele omgeving bedreigt.
Subjects: Fiction, thrillers, general, Sea stories, Giant squids, Fiction
