You would take a long time to experience the increased speed of PhotoReading by applying it to a Novel. Most of them are for pleasure reading and we fall into the passive mode of reading very easily with them.
For learning PhotoReading use the Five day test (page 76 of the book) Until the book has gelled for you. Beginner often quit too early not giving a book enough activation layers. They expect to know everything in one 30-minute activation. That's like quitting on the first chapter of a 20 chapter book in traditional reading.
Comprehension builds in layers, with your mind probing questions. In the beginning it might not start coming together till the 4th or 5th layer but once it does it gels quickly after that.
Alex
