About This Book
Compared to James Ellroy for its brutal intensity and to Raymond Chandler for its style and characterisation, this future-crime novel is a breathtakingly fast and violent thriller that carries a weight of ideas and speculative science with graceful ease. In Takeshi Kovacs it introduces a brooding ne...
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Reading Time Estimates
13h 36m
slow reader
180 WPM
9h 47m
average reader
250 WPM
7h 0m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 146,850 words📅 20 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
9 h 47 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
10 h 53 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
16 h 19 min
Audio 2x
8 h 10 min
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- 📅20 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇20 commutes of 30 min each
