Jezebel's Daughter vs The Queen of Hearts: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Mystery, Fiction
Jezebel's Daughter
“In the matter of Jezebel's Daughter, my recollections begin with the deaths of two foreign gentlemen, in two different countries, on the same day of the same year.”
MR. DAVID GLENNEY CONSULTS HIS MEMORY AND OPENS THE STORY
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The Queen of Hearts
“WE were three quiet, lonely old men, and SHE was a lively, handsome young woman, and we were at our wits' end what to do with her.”
The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Jezebel's Daughter is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Queen of Hearts.
- Jezebel's Daughter has the widest readership — 1012 ratings behind its score.
- The Queen of Hearts runs the darker storyline; Jezebel's Daughter stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Jezebel's Daughter | The Queen of Hearts | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (1012) | 3.9 (513) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (1) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (21) | 4.5 (37) |
Reception
| Jezebel's Daughter | The Queen of Hearts | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1012 | 513 |
| Editions | 98 | 141 |
| Citations | 7 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1226 | 615 |
| Reading it now | 60 | 104 |
| Written reviews | 120 | 63 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12 | 398 |
| Pages | 162 | 344 |