Eat, Slay, Love vs Ghost story: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Eat, Slay, Love Eat, Slay, Love Jesse Petersen · 2011 ★★★★☆ 3.7 Moderate
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Two zombie apocalypse survivors search for a cure and fight the undead together in this inventive and darkly funny romantic comedy perfect for fans of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Sarah and David have survived the…

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Cover of Ghost story Ghost story Peter Straub · 1979 ★★★★☆ 3.9 507 pages · ≈ 9 h 23 m · Moderate
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In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress. He is anxious, tormented, introspective. She is calm, passive, strangely detached. She says her name is Angie Maule.

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The verdict

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Scores by source

Eat, Slay, LoveGhost story
Goodreads 3.7 (2347) —
Hardcover — 3.6 (147)
Apple Books — 4.0 (397)
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Reception

Eat, Slay, LoveGhost story
Ratings 2347 397
Editions 4 14
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 3799
Pages — 507
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Eat, Slay, Love or Ghost story?

Ghost story has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Ghost story 3.9/5, Eat, Slay, Love 3.7/5).

Which is harder to read: Eat, Slay, Love or Ghost story?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Eat, Slay, Love: Moderate; Ghost story: Moderate.

Have both books been made into films?

Eat, Slay, Love: no film adaptation on record; Ghost story: 2 film adaptations.

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