How long does it take to read Childhood Is Hell?
a cartoon book
Childhood Is Hell by Matt Groening takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 48 pages, about 13,200 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons, Children, Humor, form, comic strips & cartoons
