Notes on an Execution vs The Damned: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
Notes on an Execution
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated,…
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The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Damned is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Notes on an Execution.
- Notes on an Execution has the widest readership — 161206 ratings behind its score.
- Notes on an Execution runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Notes on an Execution | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (161206) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (217) | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (450) | 4.0 (26) |
Reception
| Notes on an Execution | The Damned | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 161206 | 26 |
| Editions | — | 106 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 282243 | — |
| Reading it now | 5968 | — |
| Written reviews | 20567 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 188 |
| Pages | 262 | 110 |