Rose vs Suite française: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction - Historical, Historical - General, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction
Rose
The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a…
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Suite française
“Hot, thought the Parisians.”
Écrit dans le feu de l'Histoire, Suite française dépeint presque en direct l'Exode de juin 1940, qui brassa dans un désordre tragique des familles françaises de toute sorte, des plus huppées aux plus modestes. Avec…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Rose highest: Rose 4.3 · Suite française 3.9.
- Suite française has the widest readership — 79337 ratings behind its score.
- Suite française runs the darker storyline; Rose stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Rose | Suite française | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (26) | 3.9 (79337) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (75) | — |
Reception
| Rose | Suite française | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 75 | 79337 |
| Editions | 26 | 68 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 33 | 65404 |
| Reading it now | — | 3624 |
| Written reviews | 2 | 7801 |
| Wikipedia attention | 166 | 1231 |
| Pages | 374 | 453 |