Bloodline vs Crispin--The Cross of Lead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Middle Ages, Identity, Great Britain, History, Children's fiction, Fiction
Bloodline
While traveling through early seventh-century Britain trying to stop an impending war, Essa, who bears the blood of native British tribes and of the invading Anglish, discovers that his mother is alive and he, himself,…
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Crispin--The Cross of Lead
(From Goodreads): 'Asta's Son' is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor peasants in 14th century medieval England. But this thirteen year old boy who…
The verdict
- Readers rate Crispin--The Cross of Lead highest: Crispin--The Cross of Lead 3.8 · Bloodline 3.6.
- Bloodline has the widest readership — 328 ratings behind its score.
- Bloodline runs the darker storyline; Crispin--The Cross of Lead stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bloodline | Crispin--The Cross of Lead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (328) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (29) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Bloodline | Crispin--The Cross of Lead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 328 | 29 |
| Editions | 2 | 24 |
| Want to read | 719 | — |
| Reading it now | 10 | — |
| Written reviews | 64 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4541 | — |
| Pages | — | 272 |