Cathedral vs The Dark Descent: Which Should You Read?
Cathedral
St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant…
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The Dark Descent
pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Cathedral highest: Cathedral 4.2 · The Dark Descent 3.9.
- Cathedral is the quickest read — about 9 hours vs 18 for The Dark Descent.
- Cathedral has the widest readership — 41656 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cathedral | The Dark Descent | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (41656) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (14) | 4.2 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (172) | — |
Reception
| Cathedral | The Dark Descent | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 41656 | 4 |
| Editions | 43 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3492 | — |
| Reading it now | 2036 | — |
| Written reviews | 476 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 159 | 12597 |
| Pages | 527 | 1011 |