Petropolis vs Where the heart is: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Teenage mothers, Teenage Girls, Bildungsromans, Fiction
Petropolis
In her stunning debut novel, Anya Ulinich delivers a funny and unforgettable story of a Russian mail-order bride trying to find her place in America. After losing her father, her boyfriend, and her baby, Sasha Goldberg…
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Where the heart is
“NOVALEE NATION, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight-and superstitious about sevens-shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Ply-mouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly.”
Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Where the heart is has the widest readership — 254025 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Petropolis | Where the heart is | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (254025) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 3.8 (94) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (5) | 4.5 (287) |
Reception
| Petropolis | Where the heart is | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 254025 |
| Editions | 6 | 27 |
| Citations | — | 20 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 6 |
| Written reviews | — | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | 35 | 1437 |
| Pages | 336 | 358 |