My Gun Is Quick vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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My Gun Is Quick
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The second novel in Mickey Spillane's classic detective series starring hard-boiled private eye Mike Hammer. When a red-headed prostitue is killed in a hit-and-run "accident" Mike Hammer hunts down her killers…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- My Gun Is Quick has the widest readership — 1706 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| My Gun Is Quick | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (1706) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (3) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (38) | — |
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Reception
| My Gun Is Quick | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1706 | 449 |
| Editions | 20 | 30 |
| Citations | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 722 | 179 |
| Reading it now | 109 | 59 |
| Written reviews | 188 | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 198 | 46 |
| Pages | 174 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: My Gun Is Quick or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Blue Ice 3.8/5, My Gun Is Quick 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: My Gun Is Quick or The Blue Ice?
My Gun Is Quick is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: My Gun Is Quick (174 pages, ≈ 3 h 13 m); The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m).
Which is harder to read: My Gun Is Quick or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — My Gun Is Quick: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.
Have both books been made into films?
My Gun Is Quick: 1 film adaptation; The Blue Ice: no film adaptation on record.