Breathe Your Last vs The Color of Death: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
Breathe Your Last
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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…
The Color of Death
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From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Breathe Your Last has the widest readership — 8111 ratings behind its score.
- Breathe Your Last runs the darker storyline; The Color of Death stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Breathe Your Last | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (8111) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.8 (4) | 3.2 (2) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (821) | 4.5 (418) |
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Reception
| Breathe Your Last | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8111 | 418 |
| Editions | 1 | 5 |
| Want to read | 2756 | — |
| Reading it now | 4745 | — |
| Written reviews | 457 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 213 |
| Pages | 308 | 288 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Breathe Your Last or The Color of Death?
Breathe Your Last has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Breathe Your Last 4.5/5, The Color of Death 4.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Breathe Your Last or The Color of Death?
The Color of Death is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Color of Death (288 pages, ≈ 5 h 20 m); Breathe Your Last (308 pages, ≈ 5 h 42 m).
Which is harder to read: Breathe Your Last or The Color of Death?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Breathe Your Last: Moderate; The Color of Death: Moderate.