Blue Boy vs Lawn boy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: LGBTQ novels, Bildungsromans, Fiction
Blue Boy
Meet Kiran Sharma: lover of music, dance, and all things sensual; son of immigrants, social outcast, spiritual seeker. A boy who doesn't quite understand his lot—until he realizes he's a god...As an only son, Kiran has…
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Lawn boy
"Mike Muñoz is a young Mexican American not too many years out of high school--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew. Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Lawn boy highest: Lawn boy 3.9 · Blue Boy 3.7.
- Blue Boy has the widest readership — 1525 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Blue Boy | Lawn boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1525) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (4) | 3.7 (15) |
| Google Books | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5) | 4.0 (65) |
Reception
| Blue Boy | Lawn boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1525 | 65 |
| Editions | 8 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6683 | 897 |
| Pages | 276 | 320 |