Fallen angels vs Patrol: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Vietnamese Conflict, Vietnam War, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
Fallen angels
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Patrol is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Fallen angels.
- Fallen angels has the widest readership — 12198 ratings behind its score.
- Fallen angels runs the darker storyline; Patrol stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fallen angels | Patrol | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (12198) | 4.0 (294) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (21) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (30) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (77) | — |
Reception
| Fallen angels | Patrol | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12198 | 294 |
| Editions | 16 | 11 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 7106 | 204 |
| Reading it now | 675 | 4 |
| Written reviews | 1486 | 72 |
| Wikipedia attention | 672 | 2022 |
| Pages | 309 | 40 |