Loving Natalee vs The weight of silence: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Missing children, Missing persons
Loving Natalee
In May of 2005, Beth Holloway received the worst phone call a parent can imagine. Her beautiful daughter, Natalee Holloway, had disappeared without a trace in Aruba during her high school senior class trip. Two years…
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The weight of silence
Brought on by a tragedy experienced as a toddler, Calli Clark, suffers from selective mutism. Her mother Antonia tries her best to help, but is confined by marriage to a violent husband. Petra Gregory is Calli's best…
The verdict
- Readers rate Loving Natalee highest: Loving Natalee 4.3 · The weight of silence 4.0.
- Loving Natalee is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for The weight of silence.
- The weight of silence has the widest readership — 50867 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Loving Natalee | The weight of silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.4 (21) | 4.0 (50867) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.1 (29) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (60) | 4.0 (188) |
Reception
| Loving Natalee | The weight of silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 60 | 50867 |
| Editions | 5 | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 41558 |
| Reading it now | — | 1676 |
| Written reviews | — | 4643 |
| Wikipedia attention | 75 | — |
| Pages | 256 | 373 |