In the Lion's Mouth vs The Wreck of the River of Stars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space flight, Space opera, Science Fiction, Fiction
In the Lion's Mouth
It's a big Spiral Arm, and the scarred man, Donavan buigh, has gone missing in it, upsetting the harper Mearana's plans for a reconciliation between her parents. Bridget ban, a Hound of the League, doubts that…
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The Wreck of the River of Stars
Winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, "a far-future, spacefaring universe packed with action. . . . is good challenging reading" (Booklist).In the days of the great sailing ships, in the mid-twenty-first century, when…
The verdict
- Readers rate In the Lion's Mouth highest: In the Lion's Mouth 3.9 · The Wreck of the River of Stars 3.6.
- In the Lion's Mouth is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for The Wreck of the River of Stars.
- The Wreck of the River of Stars has the widest readership — 644 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| In the Lion's Mouth | The Wreck of the River of Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (354) | 3.6 (644) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (2) | 2.6 (7) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 4.0 (2) |
Reception
| In the Lion's Mouth | The Wreck of the River of Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 354 | 644 |
| Editions | 1 | 3 |
| Want to read | 331 | 876 |
| Reading it now | 10 | 72 |
| Written reviews | 53 | 103 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 318 |
| Pages | 303 | 480 |