Beck vs Defy the Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Orphans -- Fiction, Orphans, Children's fiction, Fiction
Beck
Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work…
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Defy the Stars
She's a soldier. Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis. She's willing to risk anything--including her own life. To their enemies on Earth, she's a rebel. He's a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Beck is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for Defy the Stars.
- Beck has the widest readership — 688 ratings behind its score.
- Beck runs the darker storyline; Defy the Stars stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Beck | Defy the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (688) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (27) |
Reception
| Beck | Defy the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 688 | 27 |
| Editions | 9 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 759 | — |
| Reading it now | 18 | — |
| Written reviews | 147 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 64124 | — |
| Pages | 266 | 528 |