Black Rose vs Bluenose Ghosts: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantomes, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Fiction
Black Rose
Three women meet at a crossroads in their lives, each searching for new ways to grow-and find in each other the courage to take chances and embrace the future. Roz is a woman of independent means who thought love was…
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Bluenose Ghosts
A collection of traditional Nova Scotian folktales, superstitions and home remedies compiled by the Canadian folklorist and author of Bluenose Ghosts.   Beginning in 1928, Dr. Helen Creighton traveled across…
The verdict
- Readers rate Black Rose highest: Black Rose 4.4 · Bluenose Ghosts 3.8.
- Black Rose has the widest readership — 352 ratings behind its score.
- Bluenose Ghosts runs the darker storyline; Black Rose stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Black Rose | Bluenose Ghosts | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (169) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (26) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (352) | — |
Reception
| Black Rose | Bluenose Ghosts | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 352 | 169 |
| Editions | 28 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 279 |
| Reading it now | — | 38 |
| Written reviews | — | 21 |
| Wikipedia attention | 258 | 137 |
| Pages | 372 | 280 |