Tl;dr: I guess it's normal to read a book in a foreign language a bit more slowly than usual, but personally I blame it on the book.
I can read a 500 pages book from cover to cover in, let's say, about 7h. This happens if the book is in my native language and it's overall simple, plain and entertaining. Obviously it takes me a little longer if I'm reading the said book in a foreign language because there's a higher chance to encounter words I need to check and idiomatic expressions I need to read twice to fully understand.
But if the 500 pages book is written in a more complex form, has deeper meanings I need to elaborate, its's about topics I don't really know and need to learn more about, and/or I'm not into it (sometimes it may happen just for a chapter or two, or it can be a book I want to read but I don't really like), obviously I need days or weeks to finish it, doesn't matter the language.
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Reply to Reading more slowly in another language, is it normal or it is the book? by rodrigothomas_
Tl;dr: I guess it's normal to read a book in a foreign language a bit more slowly than usual, but personally I blame it on the book.
I can read a 500 pages book from cover to cover in, let's say, about 7h. This happens if the book is in my native language and it's overall simple, plain and entertaining. Obviously it takes me a little longer if I'm reading the said book in a foreign language because there's a higher chance to encounter words I need to check and idiomatic expressions I need to read twice to fully understand.
But if the 500 pages book is written in a more complex form, has deeper meanings I need to elaborate, its's about topics I don't really know and need to learn more about, and/or I'm not into it (sometimes it may happen just for a chapter or two, or it can be a book I want to read but I don't really like), obviously I need days or weeks to finish it, doesn't matter the language.