Mockingbird vs The Little Friend: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Brothers, Girls, Death, Fiction
Mockingbird
In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help…
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The Little Friend
A young girl with a brother murdered years ago decides to find and punish his killer.
The verdict
- Readers rate Mockingbird highest: Mockingbird 4.2 · The Little Friend 3.5.
- Mockingbird is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 10 for The Little Friend.
- Mockingbird has the widest readership — 36094 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mockingbird | The Little Friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (36094) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (35) | 3.5 (131) |
| Google Books | — | 3.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (636) | 3.5 (424) |
Reception
| Mockingbird | The Little Friend | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 36094 | 424 |
| Editions | 9 | 32 |
| Citations | — | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 25946 | — |
| Reading it now | 1099 | — |
| Written reviews | 5088 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 342 | 7120 |
| Pages | 256 | 576 |