Christine vs Tanner On Ice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Smuggling, Thriller, Fiction
Christine
“This is the story of a lover's triangle, I suppose you'd say--Arnie Cunningham, Leigh Cabot, and, of course, Christine.”
A love triangle involving 17-year-old misfit Arnie Cunningham, his new girlfriend and a haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury. Dubbed Christine by her previous owner, Arnie's first car is jealous, possessive and deadly.…
1 film adaptation
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Tanner On Ice
Cold War superspy Evan Tanner lost the ability to sleep on a battlefield in Korea. So where the heck has he been since the '70s?Frozen. Cryogenically. A Tanner-sicle. Which he never thought would happen when he walked…
The verdict
- Readers rate Christine highest: Christine 3.9 · Tanner On Ice 3.5.
- Tanner On Ice is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Christine.
- Christine has the widest readership — 269592 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Christine | Tanner On Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (269592) | 3.5 (693) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (326) | 4.5 (9) |
Reception
| Christine | Tanner On Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 269592 | 693 |
| Editions | 64 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 138321 | 247 |
| Reading it now | — | 33 |
| Written reviews | 7233 | 57 |
| Wikipedia attention | 8338 | — |
| Pages | 492 | 286 |