Danse Macabre vs Lucky Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror, Thriller, Fiction
Danse Macabre
“FOR ME, the terrorthe real terror, as opposed to whatever demons and boogeys which might have been living in my own mindbegan on an afternoon in October of 1957.”
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Lucky Day
Lucky Day is the latest from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus and Bury Your Gays, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world. Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lucky Day is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Danse Macabre.
- Lucky Day has the widest readership — 13882 ratings behind its score.
- Lucky Day runs the darker storyline; Danse Macabre stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Danse Macabre | Lucky Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (13882) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (85) | 3.8 (68) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (58) | 4.5 (20) |
Reception
| Danse Macabre | Lucky Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 114 | 13882 |
| Editions | 48 | 3 |
| Citations | 171 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 36113 |
| Reading it now | — | 706 |
| Written reviews | — | 3357 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3785 | 59 |
| Pages | 480 | 272 |