How long does it take to read The Watcher in the Shadows?
The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón takes about 5 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 286 pages, about 78,650 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark mystery is about to unfold, involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past"--
Subjects: Shadows, JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance, Inventors, Robots, Family life, Fiction
