Daddy-Long-Legs vs No Roses for Harry!: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children's fiction, Fiction
Daddy-Long-Legs
From poor lonely orphan to sophisticated young woman — Jerusha Abbott can hardly believe her good fortune. All her life Jerusha has lived at the drearyJohn Grier Home for orphans. Now that she's seventeen, her time…
1 film adaptation
vs
No Roses for Harry!
“Harry was a white dog with black spots.”
Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- No Roses for Harry! is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for Daddy-Long-Legs.
- Daddy-Long-Legs has the widest readership — 78054 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Daddy-Long-Legs | No Roses for Harry! | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (78054) | 4.3 (9661) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (54) | 4.1 (8) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (422) | — |
Reception
| Daddy-Long-Legs | No Roses for Harry! | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 78054 | 9661 |
| Editions | 299 | 15 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 43854 | — |
| Reading it now | 2629 | — |
| Written reviews | 10526 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4053 | 329 |
| Pages | 185 | 32 |