D-Day vs Kipling's Choice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: War Fiction, France, World War, War, Children's fiction
D-Day
It's 1944, and Andy Pope's platoon is crossing the English channel to reach the beaches of Normandy. This is D-Day - the biggest invasion in history. Ordered to cut off the Germans' line of retreat, Andy's company comes…
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Kipling's Choice
As a young man, Rudyard Kipling was devastated when his military application was rejected because of poor eyesight. Although Rudyard would go on to win England’s highest accolades, he never got over this lost…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| D-Day | Kipling's Choice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (280) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| D-Day | Kipling's Choice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 280 | — |
| Editions | 5 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 328 | — |
| Reading it now | 23 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 182681 | — |
| Pages | 176 | 160 |