Darkness of Dragons vs Mystic river: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Darkness of Dragons
A young NightWing may have had the first true prophecy in generations. Something is coming to shake the earth. Something is coming to scorch the ground. Jade Mountain will fall beneath thunder and ice. Unless the lost…
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Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Darkness of Dragons highest: Darkness of Dragons 4.9 · Mystic river 4.2.
- Darkness of Dragons is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Mystic river.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Darkness of Dragons | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (171181) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (30) | 4.1 (184) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (832) | 4.5 (687) |
Reception
| Darkness of Dragons | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 832 | 171181 |
| Editions | 19 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 139549 |
| Reading it now | — | 4943 |
| Written reviews | — | 6742 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5175 |
| Pages | 370 | 496 |