ulysses, It took me about 2 hours.
In the past to regular read a book like that would have taken me 10 hours. I know since I rarely read novels because I don't put the book down and would be reading 10 hours straight. I find my reading speed for novels just right since it like watching a movie and that takes about 2 hours. I wouldn't use the complete system on a novel (unless its one I've been asked to read that I'm not really interested in) I just PR the book, the do a post view to see if I can identify the main characters, theme, location and some idea of the storyline. Then just rapid read. Some pages get turned quickly and others I spend more time on.
For the book Timeline I drew a mind map to check afterwards how well I postviewed. I impressed myself. I found out what the book was about, would have been able to give the feed back to someone challenging me in about 15 minutes. Because after Photoreading it I was able to identify all the main characters, the theme of the book, what era and location the book was set. I know that for more details I could have just used the activation techniques and probably had enough comprehension out of the book in about 1 hour but instead settled down for a rapid read that took me 3.5 hours. Since I rapid read the book I know that my brother would enjoy it.
Alex