A Certain Chemistry vs Telling Tales: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Authorship, Biography & Memoir
A Certain Chemistry
"Brooding, self-loathing Tom Cartwright is a modestly successful ghostwriter whose ability to spell correctly and meet his deadlines has landed him the job of writing the autobiography of the wildly popular soap-opera…
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Telling Tales
Young writers have historically played a pivotal role in shaping autobiographical genres and this continues into the graphic and digital texts which characterise contemporary life writing. This volume offers a selection…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Telling Tales is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for A Certain Chemistry.
- A Certain Chemistry has the widest readership — 1071 ratings behind its score.
- A Certain Chemistry runs the darker storyline; Telling Tales stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Certain Chemistry | Telling Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (1071) | 3.6 (560) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (6) | 4.0 (25) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| A Certain Chemistry | Telling Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1071 | 560 |
| Editions | 8 | 6 |
| Want to read | 596 | — |
| Reading it now | 20 | — |
| Written reviews | 94 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 18 |
| Pages | 384 | 156 |