It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read A Beautiful Day to Die by Heike I. Groos
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A blast rips the heat-hazed air on Jalalabad Road in Kabul. Then silence. For four young German soldiers their tour of duty ends in a death trap. Dr Heike Groos, a military physician, is one of the first to care for the wounded soldiers at the site of a suicide bombing. Like herself these men came to the Hindu Kush with faith in the humanitarian nature of their mission. Yet what awaited them was the merciless reality of war. What happens to the horror, anxiety, hatred and visual images that remain long after a survivor's escape from hell? Dr Groos' book is the first by a woman soldier from Germany to give us insights into the world of soldiers, medics and doctors in Afghanistan. She describes what happens within people who live under the edge, under constant threat and shows us how war harms the human soul criticising a system of both military leaders and politicians which has not yet found a way to stand by its veterans.
A Beautiful Day to Die by Heike I. Groos is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read A Beautiful Day to Die aloud.
A Beautiful Day to Die is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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