Reading Time
3 hrs 17 mins
How long to read Hysteria?
The estimated word count of Hysteria is 49,135 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 17 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 28 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 50 mins.
| Hysteria - 49,135 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 28 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 17 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 50 mins |
- Authors
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Jessica Gross
More about Hysteria
49,135 words
Word Count
for Hysteria
144 pages
Pages
5 hours and 17 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
One of The Observer's Five Most Anticipated Debuts of August ∙ One of Refinery29's Best Books of the Summer ∙ One of Lit Hub's Best New Books of the Summer ∙ One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of August In HYSTERIA, we meet a young woman an hour into yet another alcohol-fueled, masochistic, sexual bender at her local bar. There is a new bartender working this time, one she hasn't seen before, but who can properly make a drink. He looks familiar, and as she is consumed by shame from her behavior the previous week― hooking up with her parents' colleague and her roommate's brother― she also becomes convinced that her Brooklyn bartender is actually Sigmund Freud. They embark on a relationship, and she is forced to confront her past through the prism of their complex, revealing, and sometimes shocking meetings. With the help of Freud―or whoever he is―she begins to untangle her Oedipal leanings, her upbringing, and her desires. Jessica Gross's debut is unflinchingly perceptive and honest, darkly funny, and unafraid of mining the deepest fears of contemporary lives.