Red Rabbit vs The Eagle has Flown: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Popes, Assassination attempts, Attempted assassination, Fiction
Red Rabbit
Jack Ryan's first days with the CIA may be the Pope's last days alive. Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bowl or the White House, even before a submarine…
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The Eagle has Flown
“There was an Angel of Death on top of an ornate mausoleum in one corner, arms extended.”
Following the failed attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill, Major Kurt Steiner is being held in the Tower of London. Liam Devlin is presented with a challenge from Heinrich Himmler, to rescue him from the tower and…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Eagle has Flown is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 11 for Red Rabbit.
- Red Rabbit has the widest readership — 35466 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Red Rabbit | The Eagle has Flown | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (35466) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.3 (90) | 3.5 (8) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (6) | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (673) | — |
Reception
| Red Rabbit | The Eagle has Flown | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 35466 | 8 |
| Editions | 29 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 14689 | — |
| Reading it now | 2448 | — |
| Written reviews | 1139 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3378 | — |
| Pages | 636 | 335 |