A Widow for One Year vs Wicked Widow: Which Should You Read?
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A Widow for One Year
“One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking--it was coming from her parents' bedroom.”
“One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole woke to the sound of lovemaking—it was coming from her parents’ bedroom.” This sentence opens John Irving’s ninth novel, A Widow…
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Wicked Widow
Madeline Deveridge is all too aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But Madeline has a far more pressing problem than being called…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Wicked Widow is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for A Widow for One Year.
- A Widow for One Year has the widest readership — 65467 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Widow for One Year | Wicked Widow | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (65467) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (65) | 3.4 (7) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (188) | — |
Reception
| A Widow for One Year | Wicked Widow | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 65467 | 7 |
| Editions | 23 | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1196 | — |
| Pages | 576 | 343 |