For perspective, 219 pages amounts to about a railway novel in a day, or about two ~800-page fantasy doorstoppers in a week. At a rule of thumb of about a page per minute for light reading, it's just under four hours: a hefty investment, but well within the realm of possibility. High compared to the general population, but table stakes for a book club or otherwise avid reader.

I'd've easily doubled or tripled that over the summer as a teenager.