By Sorrow's River vs Trading Up: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Jeunes femmes, Young women, Bildungsromans, Fiction
By Sorrow's River
“It was a day of fine sunlight.”
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Raising her young son, Monty, Tasmin Berrybender hopes to turn him into an English gentleman despite his life on the trail toward Santa Fe, an endeavor that is compromised by painful occurrences in the lives of Tasmin's…
Trading Up
“IT WAS THE beginning of the summer in the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual.”
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A lingerie model whose fame and success have gone to her head, Janey Wilcox becomes involved in a world of too much money and too little ethics where she is forced to reexamine her values to determine how far she is…
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The verdict
- Readers rate By Sorrow's River highest: By Sorrow's River 3.9 · Trading Up 3.3.
- By Sorrow's River is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for Trading Up.
- Trading Up has the widest readership — 20696 ratings behind its score.
- By Sorrow's River runs the darker storyline; Trading Up stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| By Sorrow's River | Trading Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2941) | 3.3 (20696) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (14) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (55) | — |
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Reception
| By Sorrow's River | Trading Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2941 | 20696 |
| Editions | 10 | 26 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1181 | 8197 |
| Reading it now | 187 | 286 |
| Written reviews | 176 | 790 |
| Wikipedia attention | 113 | 169 |
| Pages | 347 | 586 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: By Sorrow's River or Trading Up?
By Sorrow's River has the higher combined reader rating across sources (By Sorrow's River 3.9/5, Trading Up 3.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: By Sorrow's River or Trading Up?
By Sorrow's River is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: By Sorrow's River (347 pages, ≈ 6 h 26 m); Trading Up (586 pages, ≈ 10 h 51 m).
Which is harder to read: By Sorrow's River or Trading Up?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — By Sorrow's River: Moderate; Trading Up: Moderate.