Privatizing China

Published 2003 · 101,200 words · about 9 hours at an average pace

How hard is Privatizing China to read?

Privatizing China scores 62 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. 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: 68 out of 100
Dense theoretical and area-studies vocabulary.
Sentence structure: 68 out of 100
Long academic sentences across many contributors.
Abstraction: 72 out of 100
Sustained theoretical argument about neoliberalism in China.
Information density: 72 out of 100
An edited collection of research chapters.

How Privatizing China is regarded

Privatizing China holds a literary regard score of 46 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.