Cameos vs Ghost story: Which Should You Read?
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Cameos
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The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most…
Ghost story
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In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress. He is anxious, tormented, introspective. She is calm, passive, strangely detached. She says her name is Angie Maule.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Cameos is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Ghost story.
- Ghost story has the widest readership — 397 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Cameos | Ghost story | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (7) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.6 (147) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (397) |
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Reception
| Cameos | Ghost story | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 397 |
| Editions | 11 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 12 | — |
| Written reviews | 2 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 656 | 3799 |
| Pages | 291 | 507 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Cameos or Ghost story?
Ghost story has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Ghost story 3.9/5, Cameos 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: Cameos or Ghost story?
Cameos is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Cameos (291 pages, ≈ 5 h 23 m); Ghost story (507 pages, ≈ 9 h 23 m).
Which is harder to read: Cameos or Ghost story?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Cameos: Challenging; Ghost story: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Cameos: no film adaptation on record; Ghost story: 2 film adaptations.