Flat Stanley vs What I Was: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Problem children, Boys, Children's fiction, Fiction
Flat Stanley
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.
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What I Was
In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.
The verdict
- Readers rate Flat Stanley highest: Flat Stanley 3.9 · What I Was 3.5.
- Flat Stanley is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for What I Was.
- Flat Stanley has the widest readership — 16995 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Flat Stanley | What I Was | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (16995) | 3.5 (4705) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (7) | 3.5 (8) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (303) | 4.0 (8) |
Reception
| Flat Stanley | What I Was | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16995 | 4705 |
| Editions | 52 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 5057 | 3826 |
| Reading it now | 669 | 68 |
| Written reviews | 1198 | 573 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6650 | 112 |
| Pages | 57 | 224 |