Laws of Human Nature Theexp by Robert Greene
Published 2018 · 136,400 words · about 7 hours at an average pace · Psychology, Nonfiction, Self-Help
How hard is Laws of Human Nature Theexp to read?
Laws of Human Nature Theexp scores 28 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it relatively accessible. 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: 35 out of 100
- Greene writes in plain, direct English with occasional psychological terms such as the shadow, narcissism and projection. It is easier than Atomic Habits-level self-help only in its range of historical names, and well above a children's text.
- Sentence structure: 32 out of 100
- Sentences are clear and declarative, built for quick uptake in short paragraphs. Few nested clauses appear, which keeps the prose near Beach Read in grammatical demand.
- Abstraction: 45 out of 100
- Each chapter states an abstract law about envy, conformity or the shadow self, then grounds it in a concrete story about Chanel or Pericles. This is close to Atomic Habits in pairing concepts with examples, with somewhat more theory.
- Information density: 52 out of 100
- Eighteen chapters pack in dozens of historical figures, psychological concepts and exercises across more than 130,000 words. The pace is steady and digestible, a little denser than Atomic Habits.
How Laws of Human Nature Theexp is regarded
Laws of Human Nature Theexp holds a literary regard score of 28 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.