A Desperate Place for Dying vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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A Desperate Place for Dying
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An old flame.A killer on the loose.A crazy cult on the rise.Nearly a year has passed since Garrison Gage became the reluctant guardian of a troubled teenage girl, but neither fatherhood nor the the intervening months…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Desperate Place for Dying highest: A Desperate Place for Dying 4.2 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- A Desperate Place for Dying has the widest readership — 1263 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A Desperate Place for Dying | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (1263) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (294) | — |
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Reception
| A Desperate Place for Dying | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1263 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 325 | 179 |
| Reading it now | 540 | 59 |
| Written reviews | 64 | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | 306 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Desperate Place for Dying or The Blue Ice?
A Desperate Place for Dying has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A Desperate Place for Dying 4.2/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Desperate Place for Dying or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); A Desperate Place for Dying (306 pages, ≈ 5 h 40 m).
Which is harder to read: A Desperate Place for Dying or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Desperate Place for Dying: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.