We Would Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann

Published 2021 · 57,200 words · about 4 hours at an average pace · Short Fiction, Literary Fiction

How hard is We Would Have Told Each Other Everything to read?

We Would Have Told Each Other Everything scores 48 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: 55 out of 100
Plain German, plainly translated.
Sentence structure: 55 out of 100
Short, quiet sentences.
Abstraction: 58 out of 100
Memory and writing handled reflectively.
Information density: 50 out of 100
Light.

How We Would Have Told Each Other Everything is regarded

We Would Have Told Each Other Everything holds a literary regard score of 37 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.

Where the story of We Would Have Told Each Other Everything takes place

  • North Germany, present day (2000 to 2025), the main setting

About the author

Judith Hermann