A rip in Heaven vs Bringing Adam home: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Case studies, True Crime, Murder
A rip in Heaven
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It was a headline story in the New York Times and USA Today. It was covered by Court TV and profiled on the Ricki Lake Show. Now, here is the intimate memoir of a shocking crime and its aftermath...one family's…
Bringing Adam home
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This is the story of an unfathomable crime that would forever embed itself into the collective American psyche and lead to sweeping legislative changes in the way that missing person cases are handled. In 1981, Adam…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A rip in Heaven has the widest readership — 15222 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A rip in Heaven | Bringing Adam home | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (15222) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.7 (6) | 4.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (362) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| A rip in Heaven | Bringing Adam home | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15222 | 13 |
| Editions | 6 | 6 |
| Pages | 302 | 305 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A rip in Heaven or Bringing Adam home?
A rip in Heaven has the higher combined reader rating across sources (A rip in Heaven 4.2/5, Bringing Adam home 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: A rip in Heaven or Bringing Adam home?
A rip in Heaven is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: A rip in Heaven (302 pages, ≈ 5 h 36 m); Bringing Adam home (305 pages, ≈ 5 h 39 m).
Which is harder to read: A rip in Heaven or Bringing Adam home?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A rip in Heaven: Moderate; Bringing Adam home: Moderate.