Cathedral vs Confessional: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Irish Republican Army, Terrorists, Terrorism, Fiction
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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Confessional
En Ucrania, en los años 50, la KGB ha construido una réplica perfecta de una ciudad irlandesa con el único objetivo de entrenar en ella a los futuros agentes terroristas y de espionaje. Y allí inicia su aprendizaje…
The verdict
- Readers rate Cathedral highest: Cathedral 4.2 · Confessional 4.0.
- Confessional is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Cathedral.
- Cathedral has the widest readership — 41656 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cathedral | Confessional | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (41656) | 4.0 (2444) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (14) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (172) | — |
Reception
| Cathedral | Confessional | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 41656 | 2444 |
| Editions | 43 | 44 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3492 | 1096 |
| Reading it now | 2036 | 793 |
| Written reviews | 476 | 123 |
| Wikipedia attention | 159 | 2858 |
| Pages | 527 | 271 |