Brood of the Witch-Queen vs HEX: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Witches--Fiction, Witches, Horror, Fiction

Cover of Brood of the Witch-Queen

Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer · 1924 ★★★☆☆ 3.5 206 pages · ≈ 3 h 49 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of HEX

HEX Thomas Olde Heuvelt · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.7 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate HEX higher: 3.7 vs 3.5 from 53084 votes.
Brood of the Witch-Queen is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 7 for HEX.
HEX is the easier read (Moderate), Brood of the Witch-Queen more demanding (Challenging).

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