Dragon gets by vs Mystic river: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Dragon gets by
“One warm, sunny morning Dragon woke up and yawned.”
Dragon wakes up groggy and does everything wrong all day long.
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Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dragon gets by is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 9 for Mystic river.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragon gets by | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (171181) |
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | 4.1 (184) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (9) | 4.5 (687) |
Reception
| Dragon gets by | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9 | 171181 |
| Editions | 16 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 139549 |
| Reading it now | — | 4943 |
| Written reviews | — | 6742 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5175 |
| Pages | 48 | 496 |