Down the Road vs Loose among the lambs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: San antonio, Texas, Fiction
Down the Road
From his small apartment in Austin, Texas, George Zaragosa watches in awe as surreal reports of a bizarre plague flood the national news. Until today, his life as a local theater teacher was stable and ordinary, if…
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Loose among the lambs
District Attorney Mark Blackwell is pitted against San Antonio elite in the midst of a case involving the molestation of a ten-year-old boy.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Down the Road is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Loose among the lambs.
- Down the Road has the widest readership — 732 ratings behind its score.
- Down the Road runs the darker storyline; Loose among the lambs stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Down the Road | Loose among the lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (732) | 3.7 (109) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (8) | — |
Reception
| Down the Road | Loose among the lambs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 732 | 109 |
| Editions | 4 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 831 | — |
| Reading it now | 4 | — |
| Written reviews | 61 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 29 | — |
| Pages | 175 | 389 |