A fine dark line vs Last Days of Summer Updated Ed: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Male friendship, Boys, Bildungsromans, Fiction
A fine dark line
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It is the summer of 1958 in Dewmont, Texas, a town the great American postwar boom passed by. The kids listen idly to rockabilly on the radio and waste their weekends at the Dairy Queen. And an undetected menace simmers…
Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
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From Goodreads: The hilarious and heart–warming story about a down–and–out kid who finds inspiration in his favourite baseball hero. In Brooklyn, 1940, a wisecracking, baseball loving twelve–year–old boy, Joey…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Last Days of Summer Updated Ed highest: Last Days of Summer Updated Ed 4.4 · A fine dark line 4.1.
- Last Days of Summer Updated Ed has the widest readership — 5577 ratings behind its score.
- A fine dark line runs the darker storyline; Last Days of Summer Updated Ed stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A fine dark line | Last Days of Summer Updated Ed | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (4741) | 4.4 (5577) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (7) | 4.4 (12) |
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Reception
| A fine dark line | Last Days of Summer Updated Ed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4741 | 5577 |
| Editions | 5 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 6698 |
| Reading it now | — | 213 |
| Written reviews | — | 995 |
| Wikipedia attention | 96 | — |
| Pages | 307 | 368 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A fine dark line or Last Days of Summer Updated Ed?
Last Days of Summer Updated Ed has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Last Days of Summer Updated Ed 4.4/5, A fine dark line 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: A fine dark line or Last Days of Summer Updated Ed?
A fine dark line is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: A fine dark line (307 pages, ≈ 5 h 41 m); Last Days of Summer Updated Ed (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: A fine dark line or Last Days of Summer Updated Ed?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A fine dark line: Moderate; Last Days of Summer Updated Ed: Moderate.