Lunar Park vs Sweet Thursday: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES, Domestic fiction, Fiction
Lunar Park
Bret Ellis, the narrator of Lunar Park, is a writer whose first novel Less Than Zero catapulted him to international stardom while he was still in college. In the years that followed he found himself adrift in a world…
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Sweet Thursday
In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk…
The verdict
- Readers rate Sweet Thursday highest: Sweet Thursday 4.1 · Lunar Park 3.6.
- Sweet Thursday is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Lunar Park.
- Sweet Thursday has the widest readership — 20451 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Lunar Park | Sweet Thursday | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (20451) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (68) | 4.4 (42) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (21) | 4.5 (7) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (59) | 4.5 (71) |
Reception
| Lunar Park | Sweet Thursday | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 68 | 20451 |
| Editions | 18 | 59 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 19730 |
| Reading it now | — | 922 |
| Written reviews | — | 1663 |
| Wikipedia attention | 4840 | 1376 |
| Pages | 383 | 256 |