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The Shadow of What Was Lost

by James Islington

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Shadow of What Was Lost, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
834
Reading time
≈ 15 h 10 min
Checkpoints
23
Genre
Fantasy, SF
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How long does it take to read The Shadow of What Was Lost?

At 834 pages, The Shadow of What Was Lost is a doorstopper. Expect about 15 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 31 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 12 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day31 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)12 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 23 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 36
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 73
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 109
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 145
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 181
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 218
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 254
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 290
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 326
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 363
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 399
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 435
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 471
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 508
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 544
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 580
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 616
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 653
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 689
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 725
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 761
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 798
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 834

In Vread, The Shadow of What Was Lost is split into 23 checkpoints, one every 36 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 23 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

Checkpoint 1/23pp. 1–36

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 Shadow of What Was Lost: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is The Shadow of What Was Lost?
The edition listed on Vread has 834 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The Shadow of What Was Lost?
About 15 hours 10 minutes of reading, or 31 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The Shadow of What Was Lost?
Yes: the Vread app has 23 reading questions on The Shadow of What Was Lost, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The Shadow of What Was Lost?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).