Lost boys vs The Dark Half: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Lost boys
In 1982 Iran, twelve-year-old Reza is more interested in music than war, but enlists in obedience to his devout mother and soon finds himself in a prison camp in Iraq.
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The Dark Half
“People's lives-their real lives, as opposed to their simple physical existences-begin at different times.”
The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lost boys is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for The Dark Half.
- The Dark Half has the widest readership — 155618 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Lost boys | The Dark Half | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (155618) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.6 (296) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (167) |
Reception
| Lost boys | The Dark Half | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 155618 |
| Editions | 3 | 61 |
| Citations | — | 7 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 81579 |
| Reading it now | — | 2313 |
| Written reviews | — | 4350 |
| Wikipedia attention | 717 | 5746 |
| Pages | 285 | 468 |