April in Spain vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
April in Spain
NATIONAL BESTSELLERBooker Prize winner John Banville returns with a dark and evocative new mystery set on the Spanish coastDon't disturb the dead…On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke…
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The Blue Ice
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…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for April in Spain.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| April in Spain | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (7) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (96) | — |
Reception
| April in Spain | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 96 | 449 |
| Editions | 7 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 320 | 46 |
| Pages | 368 | 246 |