Perfect murder, perfect town vs Sharp Objects: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children, Crimes against, Investigation, Murder
Perfect murder, perfect town
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In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex case of the death of JonBenet Ramsey. A brilliant portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of…
Sharp Objects
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WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Sharp Objects is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for Perfect murder, perfect town.
- Sharp Objects has the widest readership — 1275949 ratings behind its score.
- Sharp Objects runs the darker storyline; Perfect murder, perfect town stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Perfect murder, perfect town | Sharp Objects | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (1275949) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.7 (3) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (5274) |
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Reception
| Perfect murder, perfect town | Sharp Objects | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3 | 1275949 |
| Editions | 5 | 31 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 906988 |
| Reading it now | — | 36009 |
| Written reviews | — | 85597 |
| Wikipedia attention | 959 | 26692 |
| Pages | 621 | 312 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Perfect murder, perfect town or Sharp Objects?
Sharp Objects has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sharp Objects 4.0/5, Perfect murder, perfect town 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Perfect murder, perfect town or Sharp Objects?
Sharp Objects is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Sharp Objects (312 pages, ≈ 5 h 47 m); Perfect murder, perfect town (621 pages, ≈ 11 h 30 m).
Which is harder to read: Perfect murder, perfect town or Sharp Objects?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Perfect murder, perfect town: Light; Sharp Objects: Light.
Have both books been made into films?
Perfect murder, perfect town: no film adaptation on record; Sharp Objects: 1 film adaptation.