How long does it take to read Spindle's End?
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley takes about 7 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 415 pages, about 114,125 words. Written for children.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless, poisoned sleep. Katriona, a young fairy, kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village, where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her, intent on revenge for a defeat four hundred years old. Robin McKinley's masterful version of Sleeping Beauty is, like all of her work, a remarkable literary feat.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, Fantasy, Princesses, Good and evil
