Heart-Shaped Box vs Revival: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Rock musicians, Musicians, Horror, Thriller, Fiction
Heart-Shaped Box
Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans…
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Revival
In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Heart-Shaped Box has the widest readership — 159451 ratings behind its score.
- Heart-Shaped Box runs the darker storyline; Revival stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Heart-Shaped Box | Revival | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (159451) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (3) | 3.7 (393) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (730) | 4.0 (1838) |
Reception
| Heart-Shaped Box | Revival | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 159451 | 1838 |
| Editions | 18 | 27 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 159940 | — |
| Reading it now | 6418 | — |
| Written reviews | 12811 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4093 | 8131 |
| Pages | 400 | 413 |