Doom Castle vs Windmills of the gods: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Doom Castle Doom Castle Neil Munro · 1623 ★★★★☆ 3.6 360 pages · ≈ 6 h 40 m · Demanding
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Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite cause as well as a mysterious man under the name of "Drimdarroch", whom he swore…

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Cover of Windmills of the gods Windmills of the gods Sidney Sheldon · 1987 ★★★★☆ 3.9 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Moderate
“Stanton Rogers was destined to be President of the United States.”
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A college professor, a naive Kansan, becomes the US ambassador to Romania and learns a lot about life.

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The verdict

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How to choose

Scores by source

Doom CastleWindmills of the gods
Goodreads 3.5 (34) 3.9 (32345)
Hardcover — 3.7 (36)
Apple Books — 4.5 (55)
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Reception

Doom CastleWindmills of the gods
Ratings 34 32345
Editions 9 14
Citations — 1
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 7999
Reading it now — 530
Written reviews — 826
Wikipedia attention 429 802
Pages 360 384
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Doom Castle or Windmills of the gods?

Windmills of the gods has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Windmills of the gods 3.9/5, Doom Castle 3.6/5).

Which is shorter to read: Doom Castle or Windmills of the gods?

Doom Castle is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Doom Castle (360 pages, ≈ 6 h 40 m); Windmills of the gods (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).

Which is harder to read: Doom Castle or Windmills of the gods?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Doom Castle: Demanding; Windmills of the gods: Moderate.

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