Death of a Salesman vs The Bluest Eye: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Flashback, Drama, Fiction
Death of a Salesman
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The blood of Willy Lohman flows in all of us. The story of the salesman who wanted more for his sons than he knew how to get, who harmed them through his well-meaning dreams but atoned with his life, is at least in part…
The Bluest Eye
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Each night Pecola prayed for blue eyes. In her eleven years, no one had ever noticed Pecola. But with blue eyes, she thought, everything would be different. She would be so pretty that her parents would stop fighting.…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Bluest Eye highest: The Bluest Eye 4.1 · Death of a Salesman 3.6.
- The Bluest Eye has the widest readership — 320415 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Death of a Salesman | The Bluest Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (266189) | 4.1 (320415) |
| Hardcover | 1.0 (1) | 4.0 (359) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (5) | 3.5 (27) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (106) | 4.5 (1011) |
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Reception
| Death of a Salesman | The Bluest Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 266189 | 320415 |
| Editions | 90 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 144528 | 416527 |
| Reading it now | 3186 | 17627 |
| Written reviews | 10542 | 26498 |
| Wikipedia attention | 58498 | 31274 |
| Pages | 139 | 195 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Death of a Salesman or The Bluest Eye?
The Bluest Eye has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Bluest Eye 4.1/5, Death of a Salesman 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Death of a Salesman or The Bluest Eye?
Death of a Salesman is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Death of a Salesman (139 pages, ≈ 2 h 34 m); The Bluest Eye (195 pages, ≈ 3 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: Death of a Salesman or The Bluest Eye?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Death of a Salesman: Challenging; The Bluest Eye: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
Death of a Salesman: 2 film adaptations; The Bluest Eye: no film adaptation on record.