Midnight over Sanctaphrax vs The Face in the Frost: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
Midnight over Sanctaphrax
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Twig has the caterbird tethered to his ship, the edgedancer, and is being led into a storm never seen before, on his way to find his father. Twig soon learns that this storm is the mother storm, and that the mythical…
The Face in the Frost
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The Face in the Frost is a fantasy classic, defying categorization with its richly imaginative story of two separate kingdoms of wizards, stymied by a power that is beyond their control. A tall, skinny misfit of a…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Midnight over Sanctaphrax highest: Midnight over Sanctaphrax 4.1 · The Face in the Frost 3.8.
- The Face in the Frost is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Midnight over Sanctaphrax.
- The Face in the Frost has the widest readership — 2545 ratings behind its score.
- The Face in the Frost runs the darker storyline; Midnight over Sanctaphrax stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Midnight over Sanctaphrax | The Face in the Frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (2545) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.7 (13) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (29) | 4.0 (18) |
Reception
| Midnight over Sanctaphrax | The Face in the Frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 29 | 2545 |
| Editions | 24 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3487 |
| Reading it now | — | 299 |
| Written reviews | — | 332 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 484 |
| Pages | 368 | 174 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Midnight over Sanctaphrax or The Face in the Frost?
Midnight over Sanctaphrax has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Midnight over Sanctaphrax 4.1/5, The Face in the Frost 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Midnight over Sanctaphrax or The Face in the Frost?
The Face in the Frost is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Face in the Frost (174 pages, ≈ 3 h 13 m); Midnight over Sanctaphrax (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: Midnight over Sanctaphrax or The Face in the Frost?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Midnight over Sanctaphrax: Light; The Face in the Frost: Light.