Dogfight vs The Lantern Bearers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Soldiers, Young Adult, Children's fiction, Fiction
Dogfight
Join Finn Gunnersen in his first Special Operation . . . The first in a new WWII action-adventure series from the author of Resistance ('a genuine page-turner' ETC).Eighty miles per hour . . . 'Now, Loki!' I said,…
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The Lantern Bearers
“Aquila halted on the edge of the hanging woods, looking down.”
Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain, and he eventually joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Lantern Bearers is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Dogfight.
- The Lantern Bearers has the widest readership — 2897 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Dogfight | The Lantern Bearers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (118) | 4.1 (2897) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.3 (9) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (14) |
Reception
| Dogfight | The Lantern Bearers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 118 | 2897 |
| Editions | 4 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 326 | — |
| Reading it now | 4 | — |
| Written reviews | 11 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 7120 | 527 |
| Pages | 400 | 252 |