Boar Island vs Shoot 'em up: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Police, Fiction
Boar Island
"Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage…
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Shoot 'em up
An assassination attempt on the mayor brings the ATF and DEA to Chicago, and they're counting on meter-maid turned undercover cop Maisie McGrane's underworld connections to help them infiltrate and cripple a cartel…
The verdict
- Boar Island runs the darker storyline; Shoot 'em up stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Boar Island | Shoot 'em up | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (6274) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (11) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (132) | — |
Reception
| Boar Island | Shoot 'em up | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6274 | — |
| Editions | 1 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 3051 | — |
| Reading it now | 1241 | — |
| Written reviews | 927 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 10938 |
| Pages | 374 | 341 |