We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Published 2014 · 64 pages · 15,000 words · about 1 hour at an average pace · Essays & Criticism, Feminist Literature, Nonfiction
How hard is We Should All Be Feminists to read?
We Should All Be Feminists scores 16 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: 15 out of 100
- Simple, clear vocabulary. Written for the widest possible audience.
- Sentence structure: 15 out of 100
- Short, direct sentences. Adapted from a spoken presentation.
- Abstraction: 18 out of 100
- Concrete anecdotes and personal observations. Minimal abstraction.
- Information density: 30 out of 100
- Light by design. The brevity and clarity are the point.
- Narrative indirection: 50 out of 100
- Linear argument illustrated by anecdotes.
- Symbolic density: 80 out of 100
- Straightforward. The stories carry the argument.
- Ironic distance: 100 out of 100
- Warm, direct, occasionally wry.
- Resolution withholding: 50 out of 100
- Clear call to action. Everyone should be a feminist.
- Structural complexity: 100 out of 100
- A single essay. Brief and focused.
How We Should All Be Feminists is regarded
We Should All Be Feminists holds a literary regard score of 45 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.