Bone vs Redwall: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy comic books, Cartoons and comics, Animals, Comic books, Graphic Novels, Adventure
Bone
After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone - are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley…
1 film adaptation
vs
Redwall
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bone is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 8 for Redwall.
- Redwall has the widest readership — 132248 ratings behind its score.
- Bone runs the darker storyline; Redwall stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bone | Redwall | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (19344) | 4.2 (132248) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (130) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 5.0 (10) |
Reception
| Bone | Redwall | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 19344 | 132248 |
| Editions | 11 | 59 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5129 | 72346 |
| Reading it now | 345 | 5508 |
| Written reviews | 1089 | 6495 |
| Wikipedia attention | 10884 | 5460 |
| Pages | 133 | 472 |