Marune vs Sassinak: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Space pirates, Life on other planets, Science Fiction, Fiction
Marune
From his fabulous palace on Numenes, the Connatic ruled the sprawling Alastor Clustor... and kept track of the doings of each of his trillion or more subjects. But there was one man he knew nothing about - for the past…
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Sassinak
Sassinak was 12 when the raiders landed. That was the right age: old enough to be useful, and young enough to be broken. But Sassinak was a little different from the usual slave girl. Maybe it was her physical strength.…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Marune is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Sassinak.
- Marune has the widest readership — 692 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Marune | Sassinak | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (692) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 3.8 (31) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (6) | 4.0 (47) |
Reception
| Marune | Sassinak | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 692 | 47 |
| Editions | 10 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 384 | — |
| Reading it now | 17 | — |
| Written reviews | 55 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 193 |
| Pages | 174 | 333 |