Breathe Your Last vs The progress of Julius: Which Should You Read?
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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 progress of Julius
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A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Breathe Your Last highest: Breathe Your Last 4.5 · The progress of Julius 3.9.
- Breathe Your Last has the widest readership — 8111 ratings behind its score.
- Breathe Your Last runs the darker storyline; The progress of Julius stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Breathe Your Last | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (8111) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.8 (4) | — |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (821) | — |
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Reception
| Breathe Your Last | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8111 | 2 |
| Editions | 1 | 21 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Want to read | 2756 | — |
| Reading it now | 4745 | — |
| Written reviews | 457 | — |
| Pages | 308 | 308 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Breathe Your Last or The progress of Julius?
Breathe Your Last has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Breathe Your Last 4.5/5, The progress of Julius 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Breathe Your Last or The progress of Julius?
Breathe Your Last is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Breathe Your Last (308 pages, ≈ 5 h 42 m); The progress of Julius (308 pages, ≈ 5 h 42 m).
Which is harder to read: Breathe Your Last or The progress of Julius?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Breathe Your Last: Moderate; The progress of Julius: Challenging.