A Mother's Reckoning vs Iron shoes: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mothers, Women
A Mother's Reckoning
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In a matter of minutes, they killed twelve students and a teacher and wounded twenty-four others before taking…
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Iron shoes
“K a y hurried down the hospital corridor, trying to balance the bag of gifts in one arm and the bouquet of flowers in the other.”
"Set amid the woodsy affluence of Northern California, Iron Shoes incisively chronicles the coming-of-middle-age story of Kay Sorensen, who has lived her entire life in the shadow of her glamorous parents. When Kay hits…
The verdict
- Readers rate A Mother's Reckoning highest: A Mother's Reckoning 4.1 · Iron shoes 3.8.
- A Mother's Reckoning has the widest readership — 48105 ratings behind its score.
- A Mother's Reckoning runs the darker storyline; Iron shoes stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Mother's Reckoning | Iron shoes | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (48105) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (43) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (671) | — |
Reception
| A Mother's Reckoning | Iron shoes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 48105 | 1 |
| Editions | 10 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 56316 | — |
| Reading it now | 2312 | — |
| Written reviews | 6401 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2669 | — |
| Pages | 336 | 239 |