Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Middlegame is 7th and 8th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 15 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, 1) is 162,750 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 51 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 18 hrs 5 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 6 hrs 2 mins.
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, 1) - 162,750 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 18 hrs 5 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 10 hrs 51 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 6 hrs 2 mins |
for Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, 1)
A HUGO AWARD FINALIST!WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL, 2020!A Pick on the 2020 RUSA Reading List!New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame.Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math.Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realise it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet.Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own.Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn’t attained.A USA Today Bestseller, and named as one of Paste Magazine's 30 Best Fantasy Novels of the Decade! Read more