Metro Girl vs World Gone By: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cuba, Florida, 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…
World Gone By
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Working as a consigliere to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, former crime kingpin Joe Coughlin, who has everything -- money, power, anonymity and a beautiful mistress -- is forced to pay for…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- World Gone By has the widest readership — 422 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Metro Girl | World Gone By | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (9) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (33) | 3.6 (19) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (269) | 4.5 (422) |
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Reception
| Metro Girl | World Gone By | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 269 | 422 |
| Editions | 28 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 38 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 376 |
| Pages | 393 | 341 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Metro Girl or World Gone By?
World Gone By has the higher combined reader rating across sources (World Gone By 4.4/5, Metro Girl 4.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: Metro Girl or World Gone By?
World Gone By is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: World Gone By (341 pages, ≈ 6 h 19 m); Metro Girl (393 pages, ≈ 7 h 17 m).
Which is harder to read: Metro Girl or World Gone By?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Metro Girl: Moderate; World Gone By: Moderate.