Broken Harbor vs Mystic river: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Police, Investigation, Murder, Fiction
Broken Harbor
The mesmerizing fourth novel of the Dublin murder squad by New York Times bestselling author Tana French Mick "Scorcher" Kennedy, the brash cop from Tana French’s bestselling Faithful Place, plays by the book and plays…
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Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Broken Harbor | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (171181) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (155) | 4.1 (184) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (8) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1250) | 4.5 (687) |
Reception
| Broken Harbor | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1250 | 171181 |
| Editions | 6 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 139549 |
| Reading it now | — | 4943 |
| Written reviews | — | 6742 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5175 |
| Pages | 450 | 496 |