El Zorro vs Monsieur Pain: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Chilean fiction, Ficción, Fiction
El Zorro
El Zorro: comienza la leyenda es una biografía ficticia de 2005 y la primera historia de los orígenes del héroe El Zorro, escrita por la autora chilena Isabel Allende. Es una precuela a los eventos de la historia…
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Monsieur Pain
After he accepts a bribe not to treat chronically hiccupping Peruvian poet César Vallejo, mesmerist Monsieur Pierre Pain is racked with guilt but is barred from the hospital when he tries to do the right thing, only to…
The verdict
- Readers rate El Zorro highest: El Zorro 3.8 · Monsieur Pain 3.3.
- Monsieur Pain is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 7 for El Zorro.
- El Zorro has the widest readership — 12936 ratings behind its score.
- Monsieur Pain runs the darker storyline; El Zorro stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Monsieur Pain
≈ 2h vs 7h for El Zorro
Want the crowd-tested pick?
El Zorro
12936 ratings vs 4064 for Monsieur Pain
Just want the better-reviewed one?
El Zorro
3.8 vs 3.3 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
Monsieur Pain
a darker storyline than El Zorro
Want something lighter?
El Zorro
an easier tone than Monsieur Pain
Scores by source
| El Zorro | Monsieur Pain | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (12936) | 3.3 (4064) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.3 (9) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
Reception
| El Zorro | Monsieur Pain | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12936 | 4064 |
| Editions | 55 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2212 |
| Reading it now | — | 109 |
| Written reviews | — | 562 |
| Wikipedia attention | 53 | 308 |
| Pages | 390 | 144 |