A Tale of Time City vs The Ghost Belonged to Me: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ghost Stories, Children's fiction, Fiction
A Tale of Time City
In 1939 an eleven-year-old London girl is kidnapped to Time City, a place existing outside the stream of time and manipulating the history of humanity, where she finds the inhabitants facing their worst hour of crisis.
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The Ghost Belonged to Me
In this story set in 1913, Blossom Culp, Alexander Armsworth, adventurer Miles Armsworth, and Blossom's spiritualist mother set out to exorcise a ghost.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Ghost Belonged to Me highest: The Ghost Belonged to Me 4.4 · A Tale of Time City 3.9.
- The Ghost Belonged to Me is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for A Tale of Time City.
- The Ghost Belonged to Me has the widest readership — 23 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Tale of Time City | The Ghost Belonged to Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.6 (19) | 4.3 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (11) | 5.0 (23) |
Reception
| A Tale of Time City | The Ghost Belonged to Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 19 | 23 |
| Editions | 18 | 19 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 212 | 297 |
| Pages | 343 | 183 |