Pavilion of Women vs Waiting: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: China, Married people, Romance & Relationships, Fiction
Pavilion of Women
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A los cuarenta años, Madame Wu, esposa de un miembro de una de las dinastías de terratenientes más consideradas de China, abandona voluntariamente la vida matrimonial y busca una concubina para su marido. Su decisión…
Waiting
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For more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. But back in the traditional world of his home village lives the wife his family…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Pavilion of Women highest: Pavilion of Women 4.2 · Waiting 3.5.
- Pavilion of Women has the widest readership — 15714 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pavilion of Women | Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (15714) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (14) | 3.5 (29) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (114) | 3.5 (120) |
Reception
| Pavilion of Women | Waiting | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15714 | 120 |
| Editions | 46 | 23 |
| Citations | 13 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 19953 | — |
| Reading it now | 1529 | — |
| Written reviews | 1252 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 539 | 781 |
| Pages | 316 | 308 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Pavilion of Women or Waiting?
Pavilion of Women has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Pavilion of Women 4.2/5, Waiting 3.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Pavilion of Women or Waiting?
Waiting is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Waiting (308 pages, ≈ 5 h 42 m); Pavilion of Women (316 pages, ≈ 5 h 51 m).
Which is harder to read: Pavilion of Women or Waiting?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Pavilion of Women: Challenging; Waiting: Moderate.