How long does it take to read River of Stars?
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay takes about 11 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 43 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 639 pages, about 175,725 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life-- in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later-- and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor-- and alienates women at the court. But when her father's life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars" -- from publisher's web site.
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fathers and daughters, fiction
