Boy's Life vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Boy's Life
An Alabama boy's innocence is shaken by murder and madness in the 1960s South in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song. It's 1964 in idyllic Zephyr, Alabama. People either work for the paper…
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The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
The verdict
- Readers rate Boy's Life highest: Boy's Life 4.4 · The Damned 3.9.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 10 for Boy's Life.
- Boy's Life has the widest readership — 357 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Boy's Life | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.4 (154) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (36) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (357) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Boy's Life | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 357 | 26 |
| Editions | 3 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 85 | 188 |
| Pages | 582 | 110 |