How long does it take to read The Body?
The Body by Carol Ellis takes about 1 hour 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 103 pages, about 28,325 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
She's seen something too horrifying for words. No one knows what really happened the night Lisa Randolph fell off the cliff. Now she is paralyzed and mute, so it seems no one ever will. Then Melanie is hired to read to Lisa. At first Lisa just stares blankly, soon she seems to be desperately trying to tell Melanie a secret. After Melanie's own life is threatened, she knows Lisa's secret is deadly.
Subjects: Horror stories, Horror tales, Anatomy, Physiology
