In love & trouble vs Mama Day: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: African American fiction, African American women, African Americans, Fiction
In love & trouble
The desires and fears of the American black woman are explored with compassion and understanding in these thirteen short stories. Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence of Walker's power…
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Mama Day
Mama day is about many things. It's the story of Ophelia and George two black American's and how they fall in love in try to reconcile their differences of upbringing and culture. It's about the dying culture of Gullah…
The verdict
- Readers rate Mama Day highest: Mama Day 4.2 · In love & trouble 3.9.
- In love & trouble is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for Mama Day.
- Mama Day has the widest readership — 11486 ratings behind its score.
- Mama Day runs the darker storyline; In love & trouble stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| In love & trouble | Mama Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (11486) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.8 (11) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (16) | 4.5 (26) |
Reception
| In love & trouble | Mama Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16 | 11486 |
| Editions | 14 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 14005 |
| Reading it now | — | 685 |
| Written reviews | — | 893 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 393 |
| Pages | 138 | 312 |