Evening Star vs Secrets of the Morning: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Domestic fiction, Family, Families, Fiction
Evening Star
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Een ruimdenkende bejaarde dame uit Texas ondervindt de problemen van het ouder worden. Vervolg op "Terms of endearment."
Secrets of the Morning
“As we descended through the billowing clouds, New York suddenly appeared below me.”
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Shadowed by her tortured past, Dawn has a bright new life of glimmering hopes... Dawn can hardly believe she's a student at one of New York City's best music schools. Now her most precious wish, to become a singer,…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Secrets of the Morning is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for Evening Star.
- Secrets of the Morning has the widest readership — 10959 ratings behind its score.
- Secrets of the Morning runs the darker storyline; Evening Star stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Evening Star | Secrets of the Morning | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (2226) | 3.9 (10959) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (2) | 3.6 (16) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.5 (61) |
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Reception
| Evening Star | Secrets of the Morning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2226 | 10959 |
| Editions | 25 | 36 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3841 |
| Reading it now | — | 202 |
| Written reviews | — | 187 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1196 | 24415 |
| Pages | 624 | 405 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Evening Star or Secrets of the Morning?
Evening Star has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Evening Star 3.9/5, Secrets of the Morning 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Evening Star or Secrets of the Morning?
Secrets of the Morning is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Secrets of the Morning (405 pages, ≈ 7 h 30 m); Evening Star (624 pages, ≈ 11 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: Evening Star or Secrets of the Morning?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Evening Star: Moderate; Secrets of the Morning: Moderate.