How long does it take to read Eight Seconds?
Jean Ferris
Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 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
Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay.
Subjects: Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Prejudices, Fiction, Rodeos, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, fiction
