A Descent Into Hell vs Redbone: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Criminal investigation, Case studies, True Crime, Investigation, Murder, Nonfiction
A Descent Into Hell
Bright, attractive, and both from good families, University of Texas college student Colton Pitonyak and vibrant redhead Jennifer Cave had the world at their beckoning. Cave, an ex-cheerleader, had just landed an…
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Redbone
Lance Herndon was at the top of his game in 1996. At age forty-one he was a self-made millionaire, the owner of Access, Inc., a successful information-systems consulting company. As a prominent member of Atlanta's…
The verdict
- Readers rate Redbone highest: Redbone 4.2 · A Descent Into Hell 3.8.
- Redbone is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for A Descent Into Hell.
- Redbone has the widest readership — 525 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A Descent Into Hell | Redbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (525) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| A Descent Into Hell | Redbone | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 525 |
| Editions | 7 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 138 |
| Reading it now | — | 25 |
| Written reviews | — | 12 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 628 |
| Pages | 383 | 256 |