Cast iron vs Extraordinary people: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Scots, Criminal investigation, France, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Fiction
Cast iron
"Peter May's new thriller--the red-hot finale to the cold-case Enzo Files"-- "In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin into a picturesque lake in the west of France. Fourteen years later,…
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Extraordinary people
Paris. An old mystery. As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. A new science. Forensic expert Enzo…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Extraordinary people has the widest readership — 9501 ratings behind its score.
- Extraordinary people runs the darker storyline; Cast iron stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Cast iron | Extraordinary people | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (9501) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (4) | 3.5 (11) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 4.0 (63) |
Reception
| Cast iron | Extraordinary people | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7 | 9501 |
| Editions | 3 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 3673 |
| Reading it now | — | 1485 |
| Written reviews | — | 974 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12017 | — |
| Pages | 406 | 418 |