Puti nebesnye vs Shades of blue: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Christian Fiction, Romance & Relationships, Fiction

Puti nebesnye

Puti nebesnye Иван Сергеевич Шмелёв · 1937 532 pages · ≈ 9 h 51 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

Shades of blue Karen Kingsbury · 2009 ★★★★☆ 4.3 334 pages · ≈ 6 h 11 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Shades of blue is the quicker read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Puti nebesnye.
Shades of blue is the easier read (Moderate), Puti nebesnye more demanding (Challenging).