How long does it take to read Petals on the Wind?
Petals on the Wind by V. C. Andrews takes about 8 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Dollanganger
Previous: Flowers in the Attic Next: If There Be Thorns
About 8 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 439 pages, about 120,725 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 61 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Petals on the Wind is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the fall of 1975.
Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
- violence
- sexual content
- suicide
- abuse
Subjects: Fiction, dysfunctional families, Domestic fiction, Horror fiction, Dilation and curettage, Mystery fiction
