Ceremony vs The Widening Gyre: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spenser, Private investigators in fiction, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery
Ceremony
Spenser tracks down a young high school dropout who has run away from home to a life of prostitution.
1 film adaptation
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The Widening Gyre
“I was nursing a bottle of Murphy's Irish Whiskey, drinking it from the neck of the bottle sparingly, and looking down from the window of my office at Berkeley Street where it crosses Boylstone.”
The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she is the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she has a little problem with sex…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Widening Gyre has the widest readership — 341 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Ceremony | The Widening Gyre | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (42) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (14) | 4.3 (14) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (288) | 4.0 (341) |
Reception
| Ceremony | The Widening Gyre | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 288 | 341 |
| Editions | 9 | 13 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 82 | 120 |
| Pages | 231 | 183 |