Cape Fear vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Cape Fear
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this masterwork of suspense from “a mesmerizing storyteller” (Stephen King), a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal—and decides to take matters into their own…
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The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Cape Fear | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (16) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (82) | — |
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Reception
| Cape Fear | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 82 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2296 | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Cape Fear or The Blue Ice?
Cape Fear has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Cape Fear 3.9/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).