Between Two Fires vs The Sun Also Rises: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: France, Historical Fiction, Fiction
Between Two Fires
Between Two Fires is a 2012 historical fiction horror novel by Christopher Buehlman. Set during the Black Death, it follows a disgraced knight and a mysterious young girl who travel across France, as Lucifer and other…
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The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway's profile of the Lost Generation captures life among the expatriates on Paris' Left Bank during the 1920s, the brutality of bullfighting in Spain, and the moral and spiritual dissolution of a generation.
The verdict
- Readers rate Between Two Fires highest: Between Two Fires 4.3 · The Sun Also Rises 3.6.
- The Sun Also Rises is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Between Two Fires.
- The Sun Also Rises has the widest readership — 690 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Between Two Fires | The Sun Also Rises | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (561) | 3.6 (690) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (13) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (536) | 5.0 (13) |
Reception
| Between Two Fires | The Sun Also Rises | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 561 | 690 |
| Editions | 7 | 215 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Pages | 456 | 259 |