Death Comes as the End vs Take Your Breath Away: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English literature, Mystery
Death Comes as the End
It is 2000 BC in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful young concubine Nofret. But not all the members of his family welcome her. When she is found dead Imhotep's daughter, Renisenb, suspects it…
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Take Your Breath Away
One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most people assumed Andy had got away with murder, but the police couldn’t build a strong case against him. For a while,…
The verdict
- Readers rate Take Your Breath Away highest: Take Your Breath Away 4.0 · Death Comes as the End 3.7.
- Death Comes as the End is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for Take Your Breath Away.
- Take Your Breath Away has the widest readership — 194 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Death Comes as the End | Take Your Breath Away | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.6 (65) | 3.8 (24) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (10) | 4.0 (194) |
Reception
| Death Comes as the End | Take Your Breath Away | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 65 | 194 |
| Editions | 87 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1576 | — |
| Pages | 240 | 528 |