Dead Boyfriends vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Dead Boyfriends
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Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding. After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene. But the next thing Mac knows…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Dead Boyfriends | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (5) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (39) | — |
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Reception
| Dead Boyfriends | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 39 | 449 |
| Editions | 4 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Dead Boyfriends or The Blue Ice?
Dead Boyfriends has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Dead Boyfriends 3.9/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is harder to read: Dead Boyfriends or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Dead Boyfriends: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.