How long does it take to read Prayers for Rain?
a novel
Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane takes about 7 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Kenzie & Gennaro
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About 7 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 406 pages, about 111,650 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane delivers a shattering tale of evil, depravity, and justice that captures the dark realism of Boston’s gritty blue-collar streets.Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why a former client, a perky woman in love with life, could, within six months, jump naked from a Boston landmark -- the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction. What he finds is a sadistic stalker who targeted the young woman and methodically drove her to her death. A monster the law can’t touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting battle against this psychopath even as he turns his tricks on them.
Subjects: Fiction, Patrick Kenzie (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Angela Gennaro (Fictitious character), Psychopaths, Detective and mystery stories
