Le grand Meaulnes vs Midnight Whispers: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: First loves, Bildungsromans, Fiction
Le grand Meaulnes
'I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then' Nick HornbyThe Lost Estate is Robin Buss's translation of…
1 film adaptation
vs
Midnight Whispers
“Dear Aunt Trisha, I'm so happy you will be able to attend my Sweet Sixteen party.”
HAPPY AND INNOCENT, DAWN'S DAUGHTER CHRISTIE HAS GROWN UP IN THE SAFEST, MOST LOVING OF HOMES... Yet Christie can't help feeling as if a dark cloud hovers over Cutler's Cove... a cloud whose origins lie in her family's…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le grand Meaulnes has the widest readership — 16607 ratings behind its score.
- Le grand Meaulnes runs the darker storyline; Midnight Whispers stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Le grand Meaulnes | Midnight Whispers | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (16607) | 3.9 (9306) |
| Hardcover | 1.0 (1) | 3.7 (14) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (6) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.0 (6) | 4.5 (40) |
Reception
| Le grand Meaulnes | Midnight Whispers | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16607 | 9306 |
| Editions | 9 | 35 |
| Citations | 5 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 33417 | 3742 |
| Reading it now | 1137 | 123 |
| Written reviews | 1623 | 130 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3603 | 410 |
| Pages | 350 | 440 |