Firestarter vs Incidents Around the House: Which Should You Read?
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Firestarter
“"Daddy, I'm tired," the little girl in the red pants and the green blouse said fretfully.”
Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated…
1 film adaptation
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Incidents Around the House
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” When horrifying…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Firestarter has the widest readership — 252438 ratings behind its score.
- Firestarter runs the darker storyline; Incidents Around the House stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Firestarter | Incidents Around the House | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (252438) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (481) | 3.7 (276) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (286) | 4.0 (487) |
Reception
| Firestarter | Incidents Around the House | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 252438 | 487 |
| Editions | 78 | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 133071 | — |
| Reading it now | 3851 | — |
| Written reviews | 7063 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 6126 | 43388 |
| Pages | 401 | 383 |