/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6298436]

Be honest. If you read this book non stop, how long would It take you to read it once.

> Lord of the Flies, 202 pages long

[Anonymous No.6298445]

>>6298436
One hour and a half, I think.

[Anonymous No.6298471]

>>6298436
Maybe two hours, but I remember it having a very large font/being widely spaced too.

[Anonymous No.6298479]

probably an hour or two

[Anonymous No.6298570]

Maybe two hours. My problem is that I can't read a book nonstop.

[Anonymous No.6298611]

two hours
but
i can only read about fifty pages of something before i need to take a break and do something else

[Anonymous No.6298625]

about the time it takes me to get dubs.

[Anonymous No.6298630]

>>6298625

Like this?

[Anonymous No.6298638]

>>6298625
You can't read this quickly, go home your mother is a whore

[Anonymous No.6298640]

>>6298630
No, he means like this.

[Anonymous No.6298642]

>>6298640
There are no dubs on /lit/ you spooks

[Anonymous No.6298644]

>>6298625
what about the time it takes you to check these?

[Anonymous No.6298936]

>>6298644

[Anonymous No.6298949]

I haven't read it but it would probably take me around 6 hours, I'm a very slow reader and can't read fast without losing comprehension.

[Anonymous No.6298968]

About 3 hours considering that I read about a page a minute, longer for non-fic

[Anonymous No.6298977]

>>6298436
At least 4 hour if the font is not too small. The people who are saying less are either bullshitting or reading without saying the words in their head.

[Anonymous No.6300916]

Two hours but not fully paiying attention yo what im reading. Four hours to completly understand everything

[Anonymous No.6300988]

>>6298436
3-4 hours.
if i can maintain the attention.

[Anonymous No.6300998]

>>6298436
I found the book terribly boring so it took me a few days. I read Hamlet in like 5 hours. I read Catcher in the Rye in a day. Into the Wild in one day. Ulysses in one day. Pulp in one day. Heart of Darkness in one day.

So...probably two hours or so?

[Anonymous No.6300999]

>>6300998
>Ulysses in one day.
Now you are shitting me.

[Anonymous No.6301002]

ITT: people who lie on the internet

[Anonymous No.6301003]

>>6298630
>>6298640
>>6298625
>>6298642

newfags aint even shootin for dem trips doe

[Anonymous No.6301012]

>>6300998
Anon, lying on the Internet is not cool

[Anonymous No.6301142]

>>6300998
Are you the same guy who read Tom Jones in a few hours?

[Anonymous No.6301194]

>>6298436
Nonstop? I'd say 30 min, but I'd be lying because I'd probably get up and get a cup of coffee and take a cigarette break, so realistically 35 min.

[Anonymous No.6301211]

4 hours

[Anonymous No.6301229]

I first read that book in an English class in 6th grade. The class was an hour-ish long, I finished the book and a 3 page report on it within that time.

I have since lost the ability to read well and have to struggle through shit at a painfully slow pace that's below the average reading speed

[Anonymous No.6301231]

>>6298977
>reading without saying the words in their head.
Is this actually a thing people do? I wasn't aware that I said the words in my head but now after thinking about it I'm pretty sure I do and I can't imagine reading without it.

[Anonymous No.6301244]

>>6298977
It's a method known as sub vocalizing and someone who does it is doomed never to be a fast reader until they break it as a habit. A piece of advice I can give is to read in chunks. You recognize words through the pictures they form with letters, you already know many chunks of words, just recognize what a chunk is saying and move to the next. Don't know if it will work for you but I read about it in a speed reading book and it practically doubled my reading speed and made it impossible to sub vocalize while I do it correctly.

[Anonymous No.6301276]

>>6301231
Try chewing gum while you read.

[Anonymous No.6301309]

>>6298436
I already watched the movie. Don't feel like reading it nowf

[Anonymous No.6301337]

>>6298436
6-8 hours.

Honestly.

[Anonymous No.6301340]

>>6301337
why so slow?

[Anonymous No.6301372]

>>6301340
I don't know

[Anonymous No.6301399]

>>6301372
Relax, slow reading is better than no reading.

[Anonymous No.6302195]

>reading any faster than natural speech
>not appreciating the rhythm of the prose
I seriously hope you guys don't do this

[Anonymous No.6302216]

>>6302195
Lol I Always thought I was autistic for reading like this. I always read "out loud" but in my head, as to get a feel for the way it's written. I'll sometimes unconsciously mouth the words out with my lips and have to stop myself

[Anonymous No.6302232]

Ten hours.

[Anonymous No.6302234]

>>6301244
Maybe you are right and it works, but I can't help but feel you would miss quite a lot by it. I never tried a recommended fast reading technique though, I could see it helping a lot for school and stuff

[Anonymous No.6302341]

>>6302234
it's absolutely shit for any fiction more difficult than catcher in the rye

[Anonymous No.6302354]

>>6300999
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[Anonymous No.6302385]

>>6300999
>>6302354

OH BABY A TRIPLE

[Anonymous No.6302395]

>>6302195
> he cannot appreciate the rhythm of the prose any faster than the natural speech
> he reads fiction like he reads theatre plays

[Anonymous No.6302407]

>>6302395
plays are fiction

[Anonymous No.6302422]

>>6300999

[Anonymous No.6302430]

>>6301244
Comprehension drops though. I do that for non-fiction cause I totally lose a quality of prose while doing that.

[Anonymous No.6302431]

>>6298436

Maybe like, 3 hours?
I read 1 page per minute, sometimes faster (and sometimes much slower)
I could read it a lot faster than that, but my retention and enjoyment would drop significantly

[Anonymous No.6302442]

>>6298436
4-6 hours maybe.

[Anonymous No.6302447]

6-8 hours

[Anonymous No.6302462]

>>6302442
this is realistic