One Child Alive vs The Color of Death: Which Should You Read?
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One Child Alive
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One, two, three. She counts the bodies dragged from the burning beach house, smoke rising from their cotton pajamas, and remembers a fourth; red hair, freckles, clinging to his mother’s legs, begging to watch the…
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The Color of Death
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From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Color of Death has the widest readership — 418 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| One Child Alive | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | — | 3.2 (2) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (174) | 4.5 (418) |
Reception
| One Child Alive | The Color of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 174 | 418 |
| Editions | 1 | 5 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 213 |
| Pages | — | 288 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: One Child Alive or The Color of Death?
The Color of Death has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Color of Death 4.5/5, One Child Alive 4.4/5).
Which is harder to read: One Child Alive or The Color of Death?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — One Child Alive: Moderate; The Color of Death: Moderate.