Off Season vs The Blind Assassin: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Widows, Psychological fiction, Death, Fiction
Off Season
“At 4:30 A.M. on a Sunday in mid-June 1999, I was sitting on the shoulder of a two-lane road near Ellerbe, North Carolina, flat-assed on the blacktop, legs stretched out in front of me, staring into the dark woods that pressed up to the lip of the pavement.”
Acclaimed novelist Anne Rivers Siddons's new novel is a stunning tale of love and loss. For as long as she can remember, they were Cam and Lilly--happily married, totally in love with each other, parents of a beautiful…
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The Blind Assassin
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Off Season is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 12 for The Blind Assassin.
- The Blind Assassin has the widest readership — 166926 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Off Season | The Blind Assassin | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (166926) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (4) | 3.9 (245) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (171) | 4.0 (325) |
Reception
| Off Season | The Blind Assassin | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 171 | 166926 |
| Editions | 6 | 89 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 197453 |
| Reading it now | — | 9701 |
| Written reviews | — | 10903 |
| Wikipedia attention | 43 | 5099 |
| Pages | 407 | 662 |