Flint vs Matagorda: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Western, Westerns, Fiction
Flint
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…
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Matagorda
Tap Duvarney lost his innocence in the War Between the States and then put his skills to the test as a soldier in the frontier army. Now he has settled on the Texas coast, working a ranch as the partner of his old…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Flint has the widest readership — 7699 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Flint | Matagorda | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7699) | 4.1 (2500) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | 3.7 (3) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (523) | 4.5 (39) |
Reception
| Flint | Matagorda | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7699 | 2500 |
| Editions | 27 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 614 |
| Reading it now | — | 221 |
| Written reviews | — | 122 |
| Wikipedia attention | 15305 | 37 |
| Pages | 183 | 163 |