Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of A World of Curiosities: A Novel is 7th and 8th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 20 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of A World of Curiosities: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 18) is 123,225 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 8 hrs 13 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 13 hrs 42 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 34 mins.
A World of Curiosities: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 18) - 123,225 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 13 hrs 42 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 8 hrs 13 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 4 hrs 34 mins |
for A World of Curiosities: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 18)
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERChief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has.As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end?Gamache and Beauvoir’s memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother’s murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up. As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there’s more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache’s home. Read more