Before They Are Hanged vs The Big Time: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Fantasy fiction, Fiction
Before They Are Hanged
Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a…
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The Big Time
From back cover Ace paperback December 1982: This is war: The biggest, longest war that anyone could imagine. The soldiers are recruited at the moment of death to fight through all of time. The goal is to change the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Before They Are Hanged highest: Before They Are Hanged 4.4 · The Big Time 3.2.
- The Big Time is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 10 for Before They Are Hanged.
- Before They Are Hanged has the widest readership — 232738 ratings behind its score.
- Before They Are Hanged runs the darker storyline; The Big Time stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Big Time
≈ 2h vs 10h for Before They Are Hanged
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Before They Are Hanged
232738 ratings vs 4759 for The Big Time
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Before They Are Hanged
4.4 vs 3.2 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
Before They Are Hanged
a darker storyline than The Big Time
Want something lighter?
The Big Time
an easier tone than Before They Are Hanged
Scores by source
| Before They Are Hanged | The Big Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (232738) | 3.2 (4759) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (1540) | 2.9 (22) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (942) | 3.5 (7) |
Reception
| Before They Are Hanged | The Big Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 232738 | 4759 |
| Editions | 19 | 55 |
| Citations | — | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 67978 | 4835 |
| Reading it now | 8891 | 228 |
| Written reviews | 12266 | 526 |
| Wikipedia attention | 38432 | 802 |
| Pages | 592 | 116 |