Apaches vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Apaches
“GIOVANNI "BOOMER" FRONTIERI never wanted to be a cop.”
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The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Apaches has the widest readership — 1375 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Apaches | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (1375) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (26) | — |
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Reception
| Apaches | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1375 | 449 |
| Editions | 15 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 652 | 179 |
| Reading it now | 116 | 59 |
| Written reviews | 90 | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 26150 | 46 |
| Pages | 336 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Apaches or The Blue Ice?
Apaches has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Apaches 3.8/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Apaches or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); Apaches (336 pages, ≈ 6 h 13 m).
Which is harder to read: Apaches or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Apaches: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.