Darkness, Take My Hand vs God Save the Child: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
Darkness, Take My Hand
The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a…
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God Save the Child
God Save The Child is the second book in Robert B. Parkers Spenser series and first published in 1974. In this tale, Spenser is hired to find Kevin Bartlett, a missing 15-year-old boy, by the childs parents. This novel…
The verdict
- Readers rate Darkness, Take My Hand highest: Darkness, Take My Hand 4.4 · God Save the Child 4.0.
- God Save the Child is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 9 for Darkness, Take My Hand.
- Darkness, Take My Hand has the widest readership — 548 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Darkness, Take My Hand | God Save the Child | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.1 (64) | 3.7 (29) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (8) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (548) | 4.0 (320) |
Reception
| Darkness, Take My Hand | God Save the Child | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 548 | 320 |
| Editions | 28 | 5 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Pages | 511 | 185 |