Flirting with Pete vs Howards End: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Home ownership, Inheritance and succession, Romance, Fiction
Flirting with Pete
“The memorial service was held in a dark stone church on Boston's Marlboro Street, not far from where Cornelius Unger had lived and worked.”
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Psychologist Casey Ellis never met her father -- but that didn't stop her from following in his professional footsteps. Now he has died, and Casey is shocked to have inherited his elegant Boston town house, complete…
Howards End
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Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Howards End has the widest readership — 96555 ratings behind its score.
- Flirting with Pete runs the darker storyline; Howards End stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Flirting with Pete | Howards End | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (5831) | 4.0 (96555) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (129) | 4.0 (6) |
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Reception
| Flirting with Pete | Howards End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5831 | 96555 |
| Editions | 9 | 498 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 3489 | 86001 |
| Reading it now | 153 | 3820 |
| Written reviews | 317 | 5191 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 14782 |
| Pages | 355 | 318 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Flirting with Pete or Howards End?
Howards End has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Howards End 4.0/5, Flirting with Pete 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Flirting with Pete or Howards End?
Howards End is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Howards End (318 pages, ≈ 5 h 53 m); Flirting with Pete (355 pages, ≈ 6 h 34 m).
Which is harder to read: Flirting with Pete or Howards End?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Flirting with Pete: Moderate; Howards End: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Flirting with Pete: no film adaptation on record; Howards End: 2 film adaptations.