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Heart of Glass

Jennifer Hillier

At your speed≈ 7 hrs

Pages356

Audiobook≈ 12 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

356 pages works out to roughly 107,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 7 hrs — a weekend's reading.

16 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far — enough for an early score, not yet a firm one.

Worth-it score 6.6/10 — Worth the time (early). Readers 6.7 (16 early ratings on Hardcover) − length 0.1 = 6.6. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Heart of Glass?

Heart of Glass is 356 pages, or roughly 107,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Heart of Glass at three reading speeds.
Your paceWords per minuteTime to finish
Slow17510 hrs
Average2507 hrs
Fast4004½ hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 12 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Heart of Glass?
About 7 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Heart of Glass runs 356 pages, roughly 107,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 10 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4½ hrs.
How many pages is Heart of Glass?
356 pages, which is about 107,000 words and 7 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is Heart of Glass worth reading?
On early ratings, we score it 6.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Only 16 readers have rated it on Hardcover so far, so the score leans on the library average and will move as more ratings arrive; at about 7 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.1 for its length.
How long is the Heart of Glass audiobook?
About 12 hrs, estimated from the 107,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

A serial killer recants his long-ago confession regarding a small-town high school girl—and her then-best friends are forced to confront what really happened that night and what's happening now. Twenty-five years ago in Seaside, Washington, a charming drifter named Sam met three inseparable teenage girls at the local amusement park.…

Days later, one of them was found dead, her body surfacing in a flooded cranberry bog not far from where she was murdered. Barb and Nicolette were shocked to learn that the man they all met at Wonderland was the Carnival Killer. After he's arrested for the murders of five young women – one of whom was their best friend, Lorelei – Nicolette moved to the city to pursue her dreams of being famous. Barb stayed behind in Seaside, eventually becoming a reporter for the local paper. Their past safely behind them, they’ve both moved on with their lives. But when the Carnival Killer recants his confession and a new body washes ashore on the eve of Wonderland’s grand reopening, the secrets that Barb and Nicolette have worked so hard to bury begin to resurface, threatening to destroy everything in their carefully constructed lives.