BITTER NIGHT vs Mystic river: Which Should You Read?
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BITTER NIGHT
A FORGOTTEN MURDER. A SECRET SOMEONE WILL KILL TO PROTECT. In 1978, Ervin Porter was a rising young producer working on one of television’s most popular detective shows. Then he was found brutally murdered in an…
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Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Mystic river highest: Mystic river 4.2 · BITTER NIGHT 3.8.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| BITTER NIGHT | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (171181) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.1 (184) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (687) |
Reception
| BITTER NIGHT | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 171181 |
| Editions | — | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 139549 |
| Reading it now | — | 4943 |
| Written reviews | — | 6742 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5175 |
| Pages | — | 496 |