Hot Springs vs Ordinary heroes: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Veterans, World War II, World War, Fiction
Hot Springs
"In the summer of 1946, the most wide-open town in America is Hot Springs, Arkansas, a city of ancient, legendary corruption. While the pilgirms take the cure in the mineral-rich 142-degree water that bubbles from the…
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Ordinary heroes
Stewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he'd been told how he rescued Stewart's mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. But when he discovers, after his father's death, a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Ordinary heroes is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 10 for Hot Springs.
- Ordinary heroes has the widest readership — 4441 ratings behind its score.
- Ordinary heroes runs the darker storyline; Hot Springs stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Hot Springs | Ordinary heroes | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (151) | 3.9 (4441) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (10) | 4.0 (4) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (169) | 4.5 (66) |
Reception
| Hot Springs | Ordinary heroes | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 169 | 4441 |
| Editions | 9 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1982 |
| Reading it now | — | 301 |
| Written reviews | — | 518 |
| Wikipedia attention | 253 | 134 |
| Pages | 560 | 371 |