A face at the window vs Le message à la planète: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ghosts, Supernatural, New York Times reviewed, Fiction
A face at the window
After sending their only daughter off to boarding school, Cookson Selway and his wife, Ellen, travel to London to escape their empty, echoing house. But their quiet hotel has guests other than those on the register, and…
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Le message à la planète
Describes the rise and fall of the metaphysician, Marcus Vallar, and the bewildered men and women surrounding him.
The verdict
- Readers rate Le message à la planète highest: Le message à la planète 3.7 · A face at the window 3.2.
- A face at the window is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Le message à la planète.
- Le message à la planète has the widest readership — 562 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A face at the window | Le message à la planète | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.1 (228) | 3.7 (562) |
Reception
| A face at the window | Le message à la planète | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 228 | 562 |
| Editions | 8 | 15 |
| Want to read | 386 | — |
| Reading it now | 12 | — |
| Written reviews | 29 | — |
| Pages | 314 | 563 |