How long does it take to read Raven?
Tim Reiterman, John Jacobs
Raven by Tim Reiterman, John Jacobs takes about 11 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1982. 623 pages, about 171,325 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tim Reiterman’s Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown in 1978. This PEN Award–winning work explores the ideals-gone-wrong, the intrigue, and the grim realities behind the Peoples Temple and its implosion in the jungle of South America. Reiterman’s reportage clarifies enduring misperceptions of the character and motives of Jim Jones, the reasons why people followed him, and the important truth that many of those who perished at Jonestown were victims of mass murder rather than suicide.
Subjects: Peoples Temple, Biographie, Volkstempelsekte, Christianity - Denominations, Religious Cults, Jones, Jim
