Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) vs Sonnets: Which Should You Read?
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The verdict
- Readers rate Sonnets highest: Sonnets 4.2 · Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) 3.8.
- Sonnets has the widest readership — 114417 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) | Sonnets | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (114417) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.3 (3) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (10) |
Reception
| Poems (Lover's Complaint / Passionate Pilgrim / Phoenix and the Turtle / Rape of Lucrece / Sonnets / Venus and Adonis) | Sonnets | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 114417 |
| Editions | 134 | 646 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 161706 |
| Reading it now | — | 5672 |
| Written reviews | — | 2377 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 14128 |
| Pages | 201 | 174 |