How long does it take to read The Sweet Far Thing?
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray takes about 11 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 37 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2007. 634 pages, about 174,350 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Magic, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Supernatural, Boarding schools
