Follow your heart vs The City of Fire: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Follow your heart Follow your heart Rosanne Bittner · 2005 ★★★★☆ 3.7 332 pages · ≈ 6 h 09 m · Moderate
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"Bittner is one of those writers whose talent has grown over the years; that talent truly blossoms." — Publishers WeeklyDevastated by the droughts and plagues that have ravaged her family's homestead on the Nebraska…

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Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”
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Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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The verdict

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How to choose

Scores by source

Follow your heartThe City of Fire
Goodreads 3.7 (21846) —
Hardcover — 1.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (8) 4.5 (129)
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Reception

Follow your heartThe City of Fire
Ratings 21846 129
Editions 5 14
Pages 332 270
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Follow your heart or The City of Fire?

The City of Fire has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The City of Fire 4.3/5, Follow your heart 3.7/5).

Which is shorter to read: Follow your heart or The City of Fire?

The City of Fire is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The City of Fire (270 pages, ≈ 5 h 00 m); Follow your heart (332 pages, ≈ 6 h 09 m).

Which is harder to read: Follow your heart or The City of Fire?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Follow your heart: Moderate; The City of Fire: Challenging.

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