Go as a River vs Mystic river: Which Should You Read?
Go as a River
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a…
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Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Go as a River highest: Go as a River 4.5 · Mystic river 4.2.
- Go as a River is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for Mystic river.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Go as a River | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (171181) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (46) | 4.1 (184) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1298) | 4.5 (687) |
Reception
| Go as a River | Mystic river | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1298 | 171181 |
| Editions | 8 | 53 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 139549 |
| Reading it now | — | 4943 |
| Written reviews | — | 6742 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 5175 |
| Pages | 305 | 496 |