Metro Girl vs Riding the Rap: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Florida in fiction, Florida, Mystery, Fiction
Metro Girl
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Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for…
Riding the Rap
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Debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz takes a rich man hostage. The trouble is he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno -- an expert scammer with a U.S. Marshal on his tail. When everybody's got a gun, someone's…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Metro Girl highest: Metro Girl 4.3 · Riding the Rap 3.9.
- Metro Girl has the widest readership — 269 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Metro Girl | Riding the Rap | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (9) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (33) | 3.7 (34) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (269) | 4.0 (147) |
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Reception
| Metro Girl | Riding the Rap | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 269 | 147 |
| Editions | 28 | 19 |
| Citations | — | 4 |
| Want to read | 38 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 674 |
| Pages | 393 | 326 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Metro Girl or Riding the Rap?
Metro Girl has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Metro Girl 4.3/5, Riding the Rap 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Metro Girl or Riding the Rap?
Riding the Rap is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Riding the Rap (326 pages, ≈ 6 h 02 m); Metro Girl (393 pages, ≈ 7 h 17 m).
Which is harder to read: Metro Girl or Riding the Rap?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Metro Girl: Moderate; Riding the Rap: Moderate.