Lost Paradise vs The trial of Dr. Adams: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Trials, True Crime
Lost Paradise
"Pitcairn Island - remote and wild in the South Pacific, a place of towering cliffs and lashing surf - is home to descendants of Fletcher Christian and the Mutiny on the Bounty crew, who fled there with a group of…
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The trial of Dr. Adams
Taken from a review: Here is the accused, Dr. John Adams, being tried for the murder of Mrs. Morell (after rumors connected with other ""mysterious"" deaths) six years previously (there were 16 other, earlier charges).…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lost Paradise has the widest readership — 523 ratings behind its score.
- Lost Paradise runs the darker storyline; The trial of Dr. Adams stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Lost Paradise | The trial of Dr. Adams | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (523) | 3.5 (30) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
Reception
| Lost Paradise | The trial of Dr. Adams | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 523 | 30 |
| Editions | 6 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 767 | — |
| Reading it now | 37 | — |
| Written reviews | 106 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 36 | — |
| Pages | 339 | 245 |