How long does it take to read Roses Are Red?
Roses Are Red by James Patterson takes about 7 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 6 of Alex Cross
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About 7 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1752. 409 pages, about 112,475 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 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building - and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter.Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work - the pathological need for control and perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime.
Subjects: Fiction, Police, Bank robberies, Kidnapping, Alex Cross (Fictitious character), Police psychologists
