Last Days of Summer Updated Ed vs World's fair: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Boys, Bildungsromans, New york, Fiction
Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
From Goodreads: The hilarious and heart–warming story about a down–and–out kid who finds inspiration in his favourite baseball hero. In Brooklyn, 1940, a wisecracking, baseball loving twelve–year–old boy, Joey…
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World's fair
Recalls a certain New York City boyhood in the 1930s, through the eyes of the child himself and then him as an adult trying to reconstruct the past.
The verdict
- Readers rate Last Days of Summer Updated Ed highest: Last Days of Summer Updated Ed 4.4 · World's fair 3.9.
- Last Days of Summer Updated Ed has the widest readership — 5577 ratings behind its score.
- World's fair runs the darker storyline; Last Days of Summer Updated Ed stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
4.4 vs 3.9 from readers
New to the genre?
World's fair
Light vs Moderate for Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
In the mood for something dark?
World's fair
a darker storyline than Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
Want something lighter?
Last Days of Summer Updated Ed
an easier tone than World's fair
Scores by source
| Last Days of Summer Updated Ed | World's fair | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (5577) | 3.9 (5055) |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (12) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (83) |
Reception
| Last Days of Summer Updated Ed | World's fair | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5577 | 5055 |
| Editions | 9 | 10 |
| Citations | — | 22 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 6698 | — |
| Reading it now | 213 | — |
| Written reviews | 995 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 447 |
| Pages | 368 | 288 |