Girlhood vs Rewriting the Rules: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gender Identity, Sex
Girlhood
A parent’s love letter to a daughter who has always known exactly who she is. One ordinary day, a caseworker from the Department of Children and Families knocked on the Hays family's door to investigate an anonymous…
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Rewriting the Rules
"We live in a time of uncertainty about relationships. We search for The One but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. We long for a happily-ever-after but break-up after break-up leave us bruised…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Girlhood has the widest readership — 13953 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Girlhood | Rewriting the Rules | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (13953) | 4.3 (151) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Girlhood | Rewriting the Rules | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13953 | 151 |
| Editions | 18 | 9 |
| Citations | — | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 570 |
| Reading it now | — | 29 |
| Written reviews | — | 23 |
| Wikipedia attention | 69 | — |
| Pages | 378 | 382 |