Lunar Park vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Side by side
Lunar Park
Lunar Park is a metafictional novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis, presented as a mock memoir. It was released by Knopf in 2005. It was the first book written by Ellis to use past tense narrative.
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The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · Lunar Park 3.6.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Lunar Park.
- Lunar Park has the widest readership — 68 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Lunar Park | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.3 (68) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (21) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (59) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Lunar Park | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 68 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4840 | 188 |
| Pages | 320 | 110 |