Nightmare Carnival vs The great and secret show: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Comics & graphic novels, Horror, Fiction
Nightmare Carnival
A boy's eleventh birthday heralds the arrival of a bizarre new entourage, a suicidal diva just can't seem to die, and a washed up wrestler goes toe-to-toe with a strange new foe. All of these queer marvels and more can…
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The great and secret show
To possess the greatest power of all, the Art, two man-spirits are preparing to fight using their mortal offspring. But an innocent passion between two of the children escalates the war to a new ferocity. Book One in a…
The verdict
- Readers rate The great and secret show highest: The great and secret show 4.1 · Nightmare Carnival 3.8.
- Nightmare Carnival is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 12 for The great and secret show.
- The great and secret show has the widest readership — 31621 ratings behind its score.
- The great and secret show runs the darker storyline; Nightmare Carnival stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Nightmare Carnival | The great and secret show | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (31621) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.7 (36) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (14) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (36) |
Reception
| Nightmare Carnival | The great and secret show | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 31621 |
| Editions | 3 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 24390 |
| Reading it now | — | 994 |
| Written reviews | — | 1016 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2051 |
| Pages | 384 | 693 |