Red Sheet vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Red Sheet
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From bestselling, award-winning author James Ellroy, "the neo-noir eminence of L.A. crime fiction" (The New Yorker)—a gritty, fast-paced historical crime thriller set in 1962 Los Angeles during the aftermath of the…
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Red Sheet | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (331) | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (12) | — |
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Reception
| Red Sheet | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 331 | 449 |
| Editions | 1 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Red Sheet or The Blue Ice?
Red Sheet has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Red Sheet 3.8/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).