Angela's Ashes vs La casa de los espíritus: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Familia, Family, Fiction
Angela's Ashes
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the…
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La casa de los espíritus
Primera novela de Isabel Allende. La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido, con mano de hierro, un imperio…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- La casa de los espíritus has the widest readership — 344824 ratings behind its score.
- La casa de los espíritus runs the darker storyline; Angela's Ashes stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Angela's Ashes | La casa de los espíritus | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (344824) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (348) | 3.6 (4) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 3.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (628) | 4.5 (172) |
Reception
| Angela's Ashes | La casa de los espíritus | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 628 | 344824 |
| Editions | 101 | 116 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 377726 |
| Pages | 364 | 464 |