One Last Secret vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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One Last Secret
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"I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time"—Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment"Absolutely gripping"—Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling…
The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
Side by side
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for One Last Secret.
- One Last Secret has the widest readership — 22211 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| One Last Secret | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (22211) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (11) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (94) | — |
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Reception
| One Last Secret | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 22211 | 449 |
| Editions | 8 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | 372 | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: One Last Secret or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Blue Ice 3.8/5, One Last Secret 3.7/5).
Which is shorter to read: One Last Secret or The Blue Ice?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); One Last Secret (372 pages, ≈ 6 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: One Last Secret or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — One Last Secret: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.