Darkness Comes vs The Devouring Deep: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Darkness Comes
“The next morning, the first thing Rebecca said to Jack Dawson was, "We have two stiffs."”
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A blizzard brings a city to a standstill-and ushers in an evil that defies imagination.
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The Devouring Deep
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When Reggie finds an old journal and reads about the Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, she assumes they are just the musings of some lunatic author. But soon,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Darkness Comes has the widest readership — 24066 ratings behind its score.
- Darkness Comes runs the darker storyline; The Devouring Deep stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Darkness Comes | The Devouring Deep | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (24066) | — |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.6 (18) |
Reception
| Darkness Comes | The Devouring Deep | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24066 | 18 |
| Editions | 35 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 9135 | — |
| Reading it now | 1829 | — |
| Written reviews | 832 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1012 | — |
| Pages | 352 | — |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Darkness Comes or The Devouring Deep?
Darkness Comes has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Darkness Comes 3.9/5, The Devouring Deep 3.7/5).