I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior by Michael J. O'Brien

Published 2011 · 40,150 words · about 3 hours at an average pace

How hard is I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior to read?

I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior scores 50 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: 55 out of 100
Cultural-evolution and archaeological vocabulary.
Sentence structure: 52 out of 100
Academic-press sentences, clear but formal.
Abstraction: 58 out of 100
Concrete cases supporting an abstract transmission model.
Information density: 60 out of 100
Dense for a short book.

How I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior is regarded

I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior holds a literary regard score of 31 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.

About the author

Michael J. O'Brien