How long does it take to read The Girl with All the Gifts?
The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey takes about 7 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Hungry Plague
Next: The Boy on the Bridge
About 7 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 416 pages, about 114,400 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad. THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin and Neil Gaiman.
Subjects: Zombies, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Survival, Teachers, Self-reliance
