Mystic river vs Third Girl: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery, Fiction
Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
vs
Third Girl
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient personal secretary; the second an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast of 'Brioche' and 'Chocolat' insisting she is a murderer –…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Third Girl is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for Mystic river.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Mystic river | Third Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (171181) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (184) | 3.4 (88) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (687) | 4.5 (150) |
Reception
| Mystic river | Third Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 171181 | 150 |
| Editions | 53 | 99 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 139549 | — |
| Reading it now | 4943 | — |
| Written reviews | 6742 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5175 | 2172 |
| Pages | 496 | 262 |