Blue shoes and happiness vs The Shape of Dread: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women private investigators, Private investigators, Mystery, Fiction
Blue shoes and happiness
In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.…
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The Shape of Dread
Bobby Foster, carhop at the chic Cafe Comedie, is going to the gas chamber. He’s already confessed to the murder of Tracy Kostakos, the club’s rising star. But two years after the crime, Tracy’s body is still missing…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Blue shoes and happiness has the widest readership — 30439 ratings behind its score.
- The Shape of Dread runs the darker storyline; Blue shoes and happiness stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blue shoes and happiness | The Shape of Dread | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (30439) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (26) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (7) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (51) | 4.5 (5) |
Reception
| Blue shoes and happiness | The Shape of Dread | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 30439 | 5 |
| Editions | 19 | 5 |
| Citations | 6 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 7000 | — |
| Reading it now | 575 | — |
| Written reviews | 1440 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 121 | — |
| Pages | 248 | 282 |