Come the night vs Where the Wild Things Are: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fantasy, Fiction
Come the night
The Great War has endedAnd Gillian Maitland is to marry a werewolf of her father's choosing—ensuring the purity of their noble bloodline. Still, she can't forget Ross Kavanaugh, the American whose forbidden touch…
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Where the Wild Things Are
“The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him "WILD THING!”
This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life. Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Where the Wild Things Are highest: Where the Wild Things Are 4.3 · Come the night 3.8.
- Where the Wild Things Are is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 8 for Come the night.
- Where the Wild Things Are has the widest readership — 1086320 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Come the night | Where the Wild Things Are | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (1086320) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.2 (716) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (16) |
Reception
| Come the night | Where the Wild Things Are | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 1086320 |
| Editions | 4 | 125 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 327321 |
| Reading it now | — | 2749 |
| Written reviews | — | 15192 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 15393 |
| Pages | 459 | 44 |