Red Storm Rising vs The Mission Song: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World politics, Novela, Thriller, Fiction
Red Storm Rising
Terrorists attack the USSR, they respond by attacking western Europe to replace the oil assets destroyed by the terrorists. Who will win?
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The Mission Song
Wanneer een Afrikaanse tolk bij een geheim topoverleg ontdekt dat men een invasie van het noodlijdende Congo plant, probeert hij dat wereldkundig te maken.
The verdict
- Readers rate Red Storm Rising highest: Red Storm Rising 4.4 · The Mission Song 4.0.
- The Mission Song is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 13 for Red Storm Rising.
- Red Storm Rising has the widest readership — 1744 ratings behind its score.
- Red Storm Rising reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 21 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Red Storm Rising | The Mission Song | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.8 (9) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (167) | 3.5 (6) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (8) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1744) | 4.0 (119) |
Reception
| Red Storm Rising | The Mission Song | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1744 | 119 |
| Editions | 35 | 41 |
| Citations | 21 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 24 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 8582 | 602 |
| Pages | 720 | 354 |