Рэд

27,500 words · about 2 hours at an average pace · Literary Fiction

How hard is Рэд to read?

Рэд scores 33 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: 35 out of 100
At about 27,500 words, this is a short work with no available evidence of unusual diction. Without specifics, it sits near the accessible range, closer to Beach Read than to The Great Gatsby.
Sentence structure: 38 out of 100
Nothing known about the book suggests experimental or heavily nested syntax. It is placed in the accessible band, near Beach Read and The Remains of the Day.
Abstraction: 38 out of 100
No evidence shows philosophical or theoretical content, so the book is placed in the concrete-to-accessible range, near It Ends with Us.
Information density: 32 out of 100
A novella-length work of roughly 27,500 words likely carries a modest load of threads and facts. It sits near Beach Read in density.
Narrative indirection: 38 out of 100
Nothing known indicates fragmented or unreliable narration. It is placed in the direct-to-accessible range, near Beach Read and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Symbolic density: 32 out of 100
No evidence points to heavy allegory or motif systems. It is placed at a modest level, near Beach Read.
Ironic distance: 28 out of 100
No sign of satire or an unreliable voice appears in what is known. It is placed in the sincere-to-accessible range, near It Ends with Us.
Resolution withholding: 35 out of 100
Nothing indicates an open or ambiguous ending, so a conventional degree of closure is assumed. It sits between Beach Read and The Great Gatsby.
Structural complexity: 28 out of 100
A short work with no known formal experiments is placed in the simple range, near Beach Read and 1984.

How Рэд is regarded

Рэд holds a literary regard score of 13 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.