Bad Blood vs The Christie Affair: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Meurtre, Murder
Bad Blood
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Details the shocking murders--in Terra Linda, California--of Jim and Naomi Olive by their sixteen-year-old daughter, Marlene, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, small-time drug dealer Chuck Riley
The Christie Affair
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Why would the world's most famous mystery writer disappear for eleven days? What makes a woman desperate enough to destroy another woman's marriage? How deeply can a person crave revenge? "Sizzles from its first…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Christie Affair highest: The Christie Affair 4.0 · Bad Blood 3.7.
- Bad Blood has the widest readership — 2587 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Bad Blood | The Christie Affair | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2587) | — |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.6 (62) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (3) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (940) |
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Reception
| Bad Blood | The Christie Affair | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2587 | 940 |
| Editions | 7 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 981 | — |
| Reading it now | 162 | — |
| Written reviews | 103 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 226 | — |
| Pages | 343 | 320 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Bad Blood or The Christie Affair?
The Christie Affair has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Christie Affair 4.0/5, Bad Blood 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Bad Blood or The Christie Affair?
The Christie Affair is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Christie Affair (320 pages, ≈ 5 h 56 m); Bad Blood (343 pages, ≈ 6 h 21 m).
Which is harder to read: Bad Blood or The Christie Affair?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Bad Blood: Moderate; The Christie Affair: Moderate.