A Secret Affair vs All the Broken Places: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance
A Secret Affair
Seeking some much-needed rest and relaxation after a long stint as a TV-news war correspondent in Bosnia, 33-year-old Bill Fitzgerald travels to Venice. There he is struck by the dark beauty of a young American woman,…
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All the Broken Places
All the Broken Places is a historical fiction novel by John Boyne. It was published on 15 September 2022 by Doubleday. A sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2006), the book follows Gretel, a now-elderly woman…
The verdict
- Readers rate All the Broken Places highest: All the Broken Places 4.5 · A Secret Affair 3.5.
- All the Broken Places has the widest readership — 110261 ratings behind its score.
- All the Broken Places runs the darker storyline; A Secret Affair stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Secret Affair | All the Broken Places | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.5 (110261) |
| Hardcover | 1.0 (1) | 4.3 (45) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (111) | 4.5 (1741) |
Reception
| A Secret Affair | All the Broken Places | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 111 | 110261 |
| Editions | 6 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 103707 |
| Pages | 400 | 368 |