How long does it take to read The Vampire's Assistant?
And Other Tales from the Cirque du Freak
The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan takes about 4 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Saga of Darren Shan
Previous: A Living Nightmare... (Cirque Du Freak #1) Next: Tunnels of Blood
About 4 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 247 pages, about 67,925 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After traveling with Mr. Crepsley, the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues to fight his need to drink human blood.
Subjects: Larten Crepsley (Fictitious character), Vampires, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Freak shows, Horror tales