Blind Faith vs Bringing Adam home: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Case studies, True Crime, Murder
Blind Faith
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The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his…
Bringing Adam home
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This is the story of an unfathomable crime that would forever embed itself into the collective American psyche and lead to sweeping legislative changes in the way that missing person cases are handled. In 1981, Adam…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Bringing Adam home highest: Bringing Adam home 4.0 · Blind Faith 3.7.
- Bringing Adam home is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Blind Faith.
- Blind Faith has the widest readership — 7479 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Blind Faith | Bringing Adam home | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (7479) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (8) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (131) | 4.5 (13) |
Reception
| Blind Faith | Bringing Adam home | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7479 | 13 |
| Editions | 7 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 3574 | — |
| Reading it now | 319 | — |
| Written reviews | 199 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 400 | — |
| Pages | 448 | 305 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Blind Faith or Bringing Adam home?
Bringing Adam home has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Bringing Adam home 4.0/5, Blind Faith 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Blind Faith or Bringing Adam home?
Bringing Adam home is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Bringing Adam home (305 pages, ≈ 5 h 39 m); Blind Faith (448 pages, ≈ 8 h 18 m).
Which is harder to read: Blind Faith or Bringing Adam home?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Blind Faith: Moderate; Bringing Adam home: Moderate.