Closing Time vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Closing Time
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The next pulse-pounding Michael Gannon thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson's Michael Bennett series It's springtime in Key West, and Michael Gannon is busy supporting his son’s…
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…
Side by side
The verdict
- Readers rate Closing Time highest: Closing Time 4.0 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for Closing Time.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Closing Time | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (164) | — |
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Reception
| Closing Time | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 164 | 449 |
| Editions | 2 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 122 | 46 |
| Pages | 368 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Closing Time or The Blue Ice?
Closing Time has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Closing Time 4.0/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Closing Time or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); Closing Time (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: Closing Time or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Closing Time: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.