A Fine Balance vs BLUE DIARY: Which Should You Read?
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A Fine Balance
“THE MORNING EXPRESS bloated with passengers slowed to a crawl, then lurched forward suddenly, as though to resume full speed.”
A Fine Balance is Rohinton Mistry's eagerly awaited second novel and follows his critically acclaimed Such a Long Journey, the book that won three prestigious literary awards in 1991. Set in India in the mid-1970s, A…
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The verdict
- Readers rate A Fine Balance highest: A Fine Balance 4.4 · BLUE DIARY 3.6.
- BLUE DIARY is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for A Fine Balance.
- A Fine Balance has the widest readership — 164273 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Fine Balance | BLUE DIARY | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (164273) | 3.6 (8715) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (141) | 2.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 1.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (289) | 4.0 (57) |
Reception
| A Fine Balance | BLUE DIARY | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 164273 | 8715 |
| Editions | 35 | 21 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6140 | — |
| Pages | 719 | 303 |