How long does it take to read One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies?
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones takes about 4 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 268 pages, about 73,700 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Written in free-verse poems, this novel follows fifteen-year-old Ruby as she moves from Boston to La after her mother dies to live with her famous movie star father, whom she has never met and is determined to dislike.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Fathers and daughters, Interpersonal relations, Grief, Homosexuality
