Devil-may-care vs Hour Game: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Virginia, Mystery, Fiction
Devil-may-care
“Henry Danvers Willoughby was an extremely fortunate young man.”
Ellie is young, rich, engaged and in love. These are the carefree days before marriage and new responsibility, and anything goes --including house-sitting at eccentric Aunt Kate's palatial estate in Burton, Virginia.…
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Hour Game
He's copying famous serial killers and the game has just begun. A woman is found murdered in the woods. It seems like a simple case but it soon escalates into a terrible nightmare. Someone is replicating the killing…
The verdict
- Readers rate Hour Game highest: Hour Game 4.1 · Devil-may-care 3.5.
- Devil-may-care is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Hour Game.
- Hour Game has the widest readership — 60185 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Devil-may-care | Hour Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (7767) | 4.1 (60185) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.7 (69) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (19) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (1468) |
Reception
| Devil-may-care | Hour Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7767 | 60185 |
| Editions | 18 | 46 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 10481 |
| Reading it now | — | 8480 |
| Written reviews | — | 2562 |
| Wikipedia attention | 107 | 298 |
| Pages | 275 | 437 |