Girls Girls Girls vs Tarnished Are the Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: LGBTQ+, Lesbian, Queer, LGBT, Romance, Fiction
Girls Girls Girls
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It’s the summer of ’96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country from Long Beach, New York, to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their…
Tarnished Are the Stars
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A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Girls Girls Girls has the widest readership — 8 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Girls Girls Girls | Tarnished Are the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.4 (7) | 4.8 (4) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (8) | 4.5 (6) |
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Reception
| Girls Girls Girls | Tarnished Are the Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 6 |
| Editions | 1 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 147 | — |
| Pages | 384 | 384 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Girls Girls Girls or Tarnished Are the Stars?
Girls Girls Girls has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Girls Girls Girls 4.2/5, Tarnished Are the Stars 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: Girls Girls Girls or Tarnished Are the Stars?
Girls Girls Girls is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Girls Girls Girls (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m); Tarnished Are the Stars (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: Girls Girls Girls or Tarnished Are the Stars?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Girls Girls Girls: Moderate; Tarnished Are the Stars: Light.