How long does it take to read Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits?
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For reasons as different as the lives they are leaving behind, four Muslims illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain. What has driven these men and women to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? Sensit
Subjects: Moroccans, Immigrants, female writters, Fiction, Lifeboats, Morocco, fiction
