I Capture the Castle vs The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Diary fiction, Diaries, England, Young Adult, Fiction
I Capture the Castle
“I WRITE THIS sitting in the kitchen sink.”
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Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chronic case of writer's…
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
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If I turn out to be mentally deranged in adult life, it will be all my mother's fault.'Adrian Mole continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's attempts to scar him…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for I Capture the Castle.
- I Capture the Castle has the widest readership — 12656 ratings behind its score.
- I Capture the Castle runs the darker storyline; The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| I Capture the Castle | The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (12656) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (147) | 4.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (145) | 4.5 (7) |
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Reception
| I Capture the Castle | The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12656 | 8 |
| Editions | 78 | 31 |
| Citations | — | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 141163 | — |
| Reading it now | 12 | — |
| Written reviews | 12656 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 4127 | 488 |
| Pages | 368 | 192 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: I Capture the Castle or The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole?
I Capture the Castle has the higher combined reader rating across sources (I Capture the Castle 4.0/5, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: I Capture the Castle or The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole?
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (192 pages, ≈ 3 h 33 m); I Capture the Castle (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: I Capture the Castle or The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — I Capture the Castle: Moderate; The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: Light.
Have both books been made into films?
I Capture the Castle: 1 film adaptation; The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: no film adaptation on record.