Killing Time vs The Shining Girls: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Serial murders, Time Travel, Thriller, Fiction
Killing Time
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Returning to the entrancing supernatural territory of her popular novels Dream Man and Son of the Morning, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard has written a sizzling new novel that is her most daring,…
The Shining Girls
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"A time-traveling serial killer is impossible to trace-- until one of his victims survives. In Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Killing Time highest: Killing Time 4.2 · The Shining Girls 3.8.
- The Shining Girls has the widest readership — 378 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Killing Time | The Shining Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.2 (9) | 3.5 (201) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (55) | 4.0 (378) |
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Reception
| Killing Time | The Shining Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 55 | 378 |
| Editions | 19 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 181 | 2382 |
| Pages | 325 | 375 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Killing Time or The Shining Girls?
Killing Time has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Killing Time 4.2/5, The Shining Girls 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Killing Time or The Shining Girls?
Killing Time is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Killing Time (325 pages, ≈ 6 h 01 m); The Shining Girls (375 pages, ≈ 6 h 57 m).
Which is harder to read: Killing Time or The Shining Girls?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Killing Time: Moderate; The Shining Girls: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Killing Time: no film adaptation on record; The Shining Girls: 1 film adaptation.