Harry and the Robots vs Purple Heart: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hospitals, Medical fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
Harry and the Robots
When Sammy's grandmother goes into the hospital with a bad cough, he makes some special robots to look after her.
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Purple Heart
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest.…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Purple Heart has the widest readership — 3117 ratings behind its score.
- Purple Heart runs the darker storyline; Harry and the Robots stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Harry and the Robots | Purple Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (147) | 3.8 (3117) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.8 (2) |
Reception
| Harry and the Robots | Purple Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 147 | 3117 |
| Editions | 11 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2875 |
| Reading it now | — | 126 |
| Written reviews | — | 497 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 227 |
| Pages | 32 | — |