After James vs Mending Bodies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dystopian
After James
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A neuroscientist walks out of her life and isolates herself in the woods, intending to blow the whistle on a pharmaceutical company and its creativity drug gone wrong. A recently orphaned graduate school dropout is…
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Mending Bodies
“Everyone lives in their own world, but to avoid conflict, we fake compansionship as of we're all kindred spirits.”
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"In dystopian Hong Kong, a new government program incentivizes physical conjoinment between individuals through a painful and disruptive surgery, providing personal fulfillment and a reduced cost of living"-- Provided…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Mending Bodies highest: Mending Bodies 3.5 · After James 3.0.
- Mending Bodies has the widest readership — 384 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| After James | Mending Bodies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 2.9 (268) | 3.4 (384) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| After James | Mending Bodies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 268 | 384 |
| Editions | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 598 | — |
| Reading it now | 14 | — |
| Written reviews | 73 | — |
| Pages | 388 | — |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: After James or Mending Bodies?
Mending Bodies has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Mending Bodies 3.5/5, After James 3.0/5).
Which is harder to read: After James or Mending Bodies?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — After James: Moderate; Mending Bodies: Moderate.