Fear the Reaper vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Fear the Reaper
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After taking down a man wielding an AR-15 a small town winery, Rushmore McKenzie has to find out who, if anyone, was the shooter's target before he, or someone else, tries again. Once a police detective in St. Paul,…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Fear the Reaper highest: Fear the Reaper 4.1 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Fear the Reaper | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (21) | — |
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Reception
| Fear the Reaper | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 21 | 449 |
| Editions | — | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 15755 | 46 |
| Pages | 229 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Fear the Reaper or The Blue Ice?
Fear the Reaper has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Fear the Reaper 4.1/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Fear the Reaper or The Blue Ice?
Fear the Reaper is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Fear the Reaper (229 pages, ≈ 4 h 14 m); The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: Fear the Reaper or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Fear the Reaper: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.