Darkness Comes vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror, Fiction
Darkness Comes
“The next morning, the first thing Rebecca said to Jack Dawson was, "We have two stiffs."”
A blizzard brings a city to a standstill-and ushers in an evil that defies imagination.
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The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Darkness Comes.
- Darkness Comes has the widest readership — 24066 ratings behind its score.
- Darkness Comes runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Darkness Comes | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (24066) | — |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Darkness Comes | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24066 | 26 |
| Editions | 35 | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 9135 | — |
| Reading it now | 1829 | — |
| Written reviews | 832 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1012 | 188 |
| Pages | 352 | 110 |