Blessing of the Lost Girls vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?

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Blessing of the Lost Girls J. A. Jance · 2023 ★★★★☆ 4.5 456 pages · ≈ 8 h 27 m · Moderate

From J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker’s son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless…

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The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 ★★★★☆ 3.8 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Challenging

Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…

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The verdict

Readers rate Blessing of the Lost Girls highest: Blessing of the Lost Girls 4.5 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Blessing of the Lost Girls.
The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.

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How to choose

Want a one-evening read? The Blue Ice ≈ 4h vs 8h for Blessing of the Lost Girls Just want the better-reviewed one? Blessing of the Lost Girls 4.5 vs 3.8 from readers New to the genre? Blessing of the Lost Girls Moderate vs Challenging for The Blue Ice

Scores by source

	Blessing of the Lost Girls	The Blue Ice
Goodreads	—	3.8 (449)
Hardcover	4.8 (4)	4.0 (3)
Apple Books	4.5 (406)	—
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Reception

	Blessing of the Lost Girls	The Blue Ice
Ratings	406	449
Editions	4	30
Film adaptations	—	1
Want to read	—	179
Reading it now	—	59
Written reviews	—	31
Wikipedia attention	—	46
Pages	456	246
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Blessing of the Lost Girls or The Blue Ice?

Blessing of the Lost Girls has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Blessing of the Lost Girls 4.5/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Blessing of the Lost Girls or The Blue Ice?

The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); Blessing of the Lost Girls (456 pages, ≈ 8 h 27 m).

Which is harder to read: Blessing of the Lost Girls or The Blue Ice?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Blessing of the Lost Girls: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.