How long does it take to read Smack?
Smack by Melvin Burgess takes about 6 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 349 pages, about 95,975 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin.
Subjects: Anarchists, Drug abuse, Fiction, Heroin, Prostitution, Runaways
