Dusty Answer vs The daffodil murder: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young women, England, Fiction
Dusty Answer
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Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, now a classic of British literature, tells a luminous story of friendship, discovery, and forbidden love This debut novel, set in the early 1900s, tells the story of Judith Earle, a…
The daffodil murder
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Ein Londoner Geschaftsmann entla©t seineAngestellte fristlos. Kurze Zeit spater liegter erschossen im Gras des Hyde Park ...
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The verdict
- Readers rate Dusty Answer highest: Dusty Answer 3.8 · The daffodil murder 3.4.
- Dusty Answer has the widest readership — 1000 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Dusty Answer | The daffodil murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (1000) | 3.4 (832) |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (2) | 5.0 (1) |
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Reception
| Dusty Answer | The daffodil murder | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1000 | 832 |
| Editions | 32 | 137 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 2629 | 461 |
| Reading it now | 64 | — |
| Written reviews | 151 | 95 |
| Wikipedia attention | 445 | — |
| Pages | 340 | 261 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Dusty Answer or The daffodil murder?
Dusty Answer has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Dusty Answer 3.8/5, The daffodil murder 3.4/5).
Which is shorter to read: Dusty Answer or The daffodil murder?
The daffodil murder is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The daffodil murder (261 pages, ≈ 4 h 50 m); Dusty Answer (340 pages, ≈ 6 h 18 m).
Which is harder to read: Dusty Answer or The daffodil murder?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Dusty Answer: Challenging; The daffodil murder: Challenging.