How long is Hazelthorn?

Hazelthorn is 368 pages, or approximately 70,000 words. At an average reading pace, it takes about 6 hours to read.

Is Hazelthorn difficult to read?

Hazelthorn has a difficulty score of 3.6 out of 10, making it moderately challenging. Key factors include vocabulary complexity (4.2/10), sentence structure (3.8/10), abstract concepts (3.8/10).

What genre is Hazelthorn?

Hazelthorn is categorized as fiction.

Is Hazelthorn worth reading?

Hazelthorn is well-received with a literary regard score of 5.0/10. Visit ReadingRate for the full difficulty analysis and reading guide.

Hazelthorn

368 pages · 70,000 words · about 6 hours at an average pace · fiction

How hard is Hazelthorn to read?

Hazelthorn scores 36 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it moderately challenging. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.

Vocabulary: 42 out of 100: No text available for direct analysis; estimated at modest complexity for an obscure work of unknown authorship. Without evidence of specialized terminology, archaic diction, or invented language, the vocabulary likely falls in the accessible-to-moderate range comparable to contemporary commercial fiction.
Sentence structure: 38 out of 100: Estimated at below-average syntactic complexity in the absence of text evidence. Unknown-author works outside the literary mainstream rarely employ extended Jamesian hypotaxis or Faulknerian sentence cascades; sentence structure is assumed to be functional and readable.
Abstraction: 38 out of 100: Estimated at a moderately concrete level. Without philosophical digressions, theoretical apparatus, or sustained metaphysical inquiry evident in the metadata, the text likely grounds meaning in character and event rather than abstract argument.
Information density: 36 out of 100: Estimated at relatively low information density. No indicators of encyclopedic reference, multiple interleaved plotlines, or dense historical backdrop are present; the book likely delivers plot and character at a comfortable pace.
Narrative indirection: 38 out of 100: Estimated at moderate-low indirection. Without signals pointing to an unreliable narrator, fragmented timeline, or deliberately opaque voice, the narrative likely communicates meaning with reasonable directness.
Symbolic density: 40 out of 100: Estimated at a moderate baseline. The title 'Hazelthorn' evokes nature imagery that could carry symbolic weight — hazel trees are associated with wisdom and divination in folklore — but without text evidence, symbolic layering cannot be confirmed.
Ironic distance: 30 out of 100: Estimated at low ironic distance. No data signals (genre markers, critical discourse, author reputation) suggest a satirical or heavily ironic register; the work is assumed to engage its subject with relative sincerity.
Resolution withholding: 35 out of 100: Estimated at modest ambiguity. Most obscure contemporary fiction resolves its central questions for the reader; without genre signals pointing toward experimental or postmodern endings, closure is assumed to be largely present.
Structural complexity: 35 out of 100: Estimated at conventional structure. No evidence of radically nonlinear chronology, multiple competing narrators, or formal experimentation; the narrative architecture is assumed to be broadly linear.

How Hazelthorn is regarded

Hazelthorn holds a literary regard score of 50 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.