It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Direction of Our Fear by David Briggs
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The story is told in real time through the interwoven experiences of four characters. On the Kapiti Coast, the lives of three people intersect as they travel on the morning commuter train to Wellington. Sally is a 17-year-old schoolgirl, stepping tentatively into womanhood. Brendan is middle-aged, Irish, a widower, trying to move on from the death of his wife some years before. Tamas is a Hungarian immigrant, struggling to lay the foundations of a new life in New Zealand for his wife and son. Farida, a young Muslim woman, acts as a translator for the security services in Dunedin. While she...
The Direction of Our Fear by David Briggs is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% 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 49 minutes to read The Direction of Our Fear aloud.
The Direction of Our Fear 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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