A Hallowed Place vs One Big Damn Puzzler: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lawyers, Legal stories, Fiction
A Hallowed Place
Beneath the calm exterior of the elite barristers' chambers at 5 Caper Court rumour and uncertainty begin to take their toll. Cameron Renshaw, the head of chambers, is dying, and Leo Davis, the QC with the charmed but…
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One Big Damn Puzzler
"On a remote South Pacific island paradise the struggles of an elderly tribesman to translate Shakespeare's Hamlet into the local pidgin English are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a young American lawyer with…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Hallowed Place is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for One Big Damn Puzzler.
- One Big Damn Puzzler has the widest readership — 1460 ratings behind its score.
- One Big Damn Puzzler runs the darker storyline; A Hallowed Place stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Hallowed Place | One Big Damn Puzzler | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (162) | 3.9 (1460) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| A Hallowed Place | One Big Damn Puzzler | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 162 | 1460 |
| Editions | 5 | 6 |
| Want to read | 54 | 791 |
| Reading it now | 9 | 59 |
| Written reviews | 7 | 225 |
| Pages | 298 | 492 |