Hell fire vs The Devil's Star: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Norway, Police, Crime, Fiction
Hell fire
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"A gruesome tableau awaits Inspector Konrad Sejer in the oppressive summer heat: a woman and a young boy lay dead in a pool of blood near a dank camper. The details of the deaths of Bonnie Hayden and her five-year-old…
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The Devil's Star
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Detective Harry Hole: an angry and off-the-rails detective who wants to play the game by his own rules. A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Devil's Star highest: The Devil's Star 4.5 · Hell fire 3.7.
- Hell fire has the widest readership — 1964 ratings behind its score.
- Hell fire runs the darker storyline; The Devil's Star stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hell fire | The Devil's Star | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (1964) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 4.5 (559) |
Reception
| Hell fire | The Devil's Star | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1964 | 559 |
| Editions | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 803 | — |
| Reading it now | 126 | — |
| Written reviews | 231 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 459 | 3089 |
| Pages | 256 | — |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Hell fire or The Devil's Star?
The Devil's Star has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Devil's Star 4.5/5, Hell fire 3.7/5).
Have both books been made into films?
Hell fire: no film adaptation on record; The Devil's Star: 1 film adaptation.