Night journey vs The Two Dead Girls: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Death Row Inmates, Prisons, Georgia, Horror, Fiction
Night journey
“Mr. H. G. Wells once wrote a story about a man who invented a time machine, and I have discovered that, in the writing of these memoirs, I have created my own time machine.”
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The Green Mile #5 Prison Warden Hal Moores and his wife Melinda have also been Paul and Janice Edgecombe's friends. When Paul learns that Melinda has a brain tumor, he decides to help but knows that the warden would…
The Two Dead Girls
“This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.”
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The Green Mile #1 The story is told by former prison guard, Paul Edgecombe, of events in Cold Mountain penitentiary during 1932 when an unusual inmate by the name of John Coffey is brought to the prison. He and his…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Two Dead Girls has the widest readership — 39005 ratings behind its score.
- The Two Dead Girls runs the darker storyline; Night journey stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Night journey | The Two Dead Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (17393) | 4.5 (39005) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (70) | 4.0 (70) |
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Reception
| Night journey | The Two Dead Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17393 | 39005 |
| Editions | 13 | 13 |
| Want to read | 9072 | 31963 |
| Reading it now | 64 | 285 |
| Written reviews | 296 | 686 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6486 | 17677 |
| Pages | 90 | 92 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Night journey or The Two Dead Girls?
Night journey has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Night journey 4.5/5, The Two Dead Girls 4.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Night journey or The Two Dead Girls?
Night journey is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Night journey (90 pages, ≈ 1 h 40 m); The Two Dead Girls (92 pages, ≈ 1 h 42 m).
Which is harder to read: Night journey or The Two Dead Girls?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Night journey: Moderate; The Two Dead Girls: Moderate.