Missing vs Where the Wild Things Are: Which Should You Read?
Missing
It is every person's - particularly every parent's - worst nightmare. For a loved one to walk out through the front door and never to return is one of the most heartbreaking, terrifying and harrowing experiences someone…
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Where the Wild Things Are
“The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him "WILD THING!”
This is an inspired children's book about a boy's passage through tempestuous aspects of life. Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Where the Wild Things Are highest: Where the Wild Things Are 4.3 · Missing 3.7.
- Where the Wild Things Are is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Missing.
- Where the Wild Things Are has the widest readership — 1086320 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Missing | Where the Wild Things Are | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (1086320) |
| Hardcover | 1.0 (1) | 4.2 (716) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (16) |
Reception
| Missing | Where the Wild Things Are | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 1086320 |
| Editions | 6 | 125 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 327321 |
| Reading it now | — | 2749 |
| Written reviews | — | 15192 |
| Wikipedia attention | 949 | 15393 |
| Pages | 249 | 44 |