Book · Non-fiction, memoir and self-help
The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
by Brené Brown
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 230
- Reading time
- ≈ 4 h 10 min
- Checkpoints
- 5
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are?
At 230 pages, The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are is a medium-length book. Expect about 4 hours 10 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 9 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 4 reading days. For a book of this length (under 250 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day9 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)4 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 5 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 46
- Checkpoint 2, page 92
- Checkpoint 3, page 138
- Checkpoint 4, page 184
- Checkpoint 5, page 230
In Vread, The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are is split into 5 checkpoints, one every 46 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 5 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Illustrative example
What a checkpoint looks like
A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
This is not a question from The Gifts of Imperfection : Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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