How Long to Read Idlewild

How Long Does it Take to Read Idlewild?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they’ll regret for the rest of their lives. Looking back on these events as adults, the estranged Fay and Nell trace that fateful school year, recalling backstage theater department intrigue, antiwar demonstrations, smutty fanfic written over AIM, a shared dial-up connection—and the spectacular cascade of mistakes, miscommunications, and betrayals that would ultimately tear the two of them apart.

How long is Idlewild?

Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas is 461 pages long, and a total of 115,711 words.

This makes it 156% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Idlewild Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 32 minutes to read Idlewild aloud.

What Reading Level is Idlewild?

Idlewild 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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