Breathe Your Last vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?

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Breathe Your Last Lisa Regan · 2020 ★★★★☆ 4.5 308 pages · ≈ 5 h 42 m · Moderate

Josie presses her hands into the center of the drowned girl’s chest and pumps, counting off compressions. She takes in the girl’s beautiful face, her brown eyes glassy. Breathe. Just breathe…   The body of a young…

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The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 ★★★★☆ 3.8 246 pages · ≈ 4 h 33 m · Challenging

Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…

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The verdict

Readers rate Breathe Your Last highest: Breathe Your Last 4.5 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
Breathe Your Last has the widest readership — 8111 ratings behind its score.
Breathe Your Last runs the darker storyline; The Blue Ice stays the lighter read.

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How to choose

Just want the better-reviewed one? Breathe Your Last 4.5 vs 3.8 from readers New to the genre? Breathe Your Last Moderate vs Challenging for The Blue Ice In the mood for something dark? Breathe Your Last a darker storyline than The Blue Ice Want something lighter? The Blue Ice an easier tone than Breathe Your Last

Scores by source

	Breathe Your Last	The Blue Ice
Goodreads	4.5 (8111)	3.8 (449)
Hardcover	4.8 (4)	4.0 (3)
Google Books	4.0 (1)	—
Apple Books	4.5 (821)	—
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Reception

	Breathe Your Last	The Blue Ice
Ratings	8111	449
Editions	1	30
Film adaptations	—	1
Want to read	2756	179
Reading it now	4745	59
Written reviews	457	31
Wikipedia attention	—	46
Pages	308	246
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Breathe Your Last or The Blue Ice?

Breathe Your Last has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Breathe Your Last 4.5/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).

Which is shorter to read: Breathe Your Last or The Blue Ice?

The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); Breathe Your Last (308 pages, ≈ 5 h 42 m).

Which is harder to read: Breathe Your Last or The Blue Ice?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Breathe Your Last: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.