God Save the Child vs Pale Kings and Princes: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Fiction
God Save the Child
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New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers - Book 2 in the series -Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett…
Pale Kings and Princes
“The sun that brief December day shone weakly through the west-facing window of Garrett Kingsley's office.”
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Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband.
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- God Save the Child is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Pale Kings and Princes.
- God Save the Child has the widest readership — 320 ratings behind its score.
- God Save the Child reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 3 times.
Scores by source
| God Save the Child | Pale Kings and Princes | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.7 (29) | 3.6 (14) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (320) | 4.0 (258) |
Reception
| God Save the Child | Pale Kings and Princes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 320 | 258 |
| Editions | 5 | 5 |
| Citations | 3 | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 197 | 102 |
| Pages | 185 | 312 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: God Save the Child or Pale Kings and Princes?
Pale Kings and Princes has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Pale Kings and Princes 4.0/5, God Save the Child 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: God Save the Child or Pale Kings and Princes?
God Save the Child is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: God Save the Child (185 pages, ≈ 3 h 26 m); Pale Kings and Princes (312 pages, ≈ 5 h 47 m).
Which is harder to read: God Save the Child or Pale Kings and Princes?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — God Save the Child: Moderate; Pale Kings and Princes: Moderate.