Local Girl Missing vs The progress of Julius: Which Should You Read?
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Local Girl Missing
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Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the…
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The progress of Julius
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A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Local Girl Missing highest: Local Girl Missing 4.5 · The progress of Julius 3.9.
- Local Girl Missing has the widest readership — 580 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Local Girl Missing | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.8 (4) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (580) | — |
Reception
| Local Girl Missing | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 580 | 2 |
| Editions | 1 | 21 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Pages | — | 308 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Local Girl Missing or The progress of Julius?
Local Girl Missing has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Local Girl Missing 4.5/5, The progress of Julius 3.9/5).
Which is harder to read: Local Girl Missing or The progress of Julius?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Local Girl Missing: Moderate; The progress of Julius: Challenging.