A Greyhound of a Girl vs The goodbye season: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Grief, Mothers and daughters, Family life, Families, Children's fiction, Fiction
A Greyhound of a Girl
"Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky twelve-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Gran is dying. But Gran can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary's…
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The goodbye season
In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Greyhound of a Girl is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for The goodbye season.
- A Greyhound of a Girl has the widest readership — 2314 ratings behind its score.
- The goodbye season runs the darker storyline; A Greyhound of a Girl stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Greyhound of a Girl | The goodbye season | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2314) | 3.8 (409) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (5) | — |
Reception
| A Greyhound of a Girl | The goodbye season | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2314 | 409 |
| Editions | 10 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1577 | 218 |
| Reading it now | 50 | 9 |
| Written reviews | 462 | 88 |
| Wikipedia attention | 584 | — |
| Pages | 169 | 288 |