A dark-adapted eye vs Le Diable amoureux: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery & Detective - General, Fiction - Mystery, Fiction
A dark-adapted eye
The first book Rendell wrote as Barbara Vine. A personal exploration into the past, searching for the truth that led Vera Hillyard to commit the violent murder for which she is hanged. The story unfolds slowly,…
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Le Diable amoureux
The Devil in Love (French: Le Diable amoureux, 1772) is an occult romance by Jacques Cazotte which tells of a demon, or devil, who falls in love with a young Spanish nobleman named Don Alvaro, an amateur human dabbler,…
The verdict
- Readers rate A dark-adapted eye highest: A dark-adapted eye 3.9 · Le Diable amoureux 3.4.
- Le Diable amoureux is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for A dark-adapted eye.
- A dark-adapted eye has the widest readership — 10149 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Le Diable amoureux
≈ 2h vs 5h for A dark-adapted eye
Want the crowd-tested pick?
A dark-adapted eye
10149 ratings vs 2010 for Le Diable amoureux
Just want the better-reviewed one?
A dark-adapted eye
3.9 vs 3.4 from readers
New to the genre?
A dark-adapted eye
Moderate vs Demanding for Le Diable amoureux
Scores by source
| A dark-adapted eye | Le Diable amoureux | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (10149) | 3.4 (2010) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (15) | 3.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (95) | — |
Reception
| A dark-adapted eye | Le Diable amoureux | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10149 | 2010 |
| Editions | 39 | 97 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2572 |
| Written reviews | — | 228 |
| Wikipedia attention | 630 | 515 |
| Pages | 304 | 124 |