Seventeen vs The Blue Ice: Which Should You Read?
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Seventeen
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Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best ThrillerA Financial Times Best Thriller Book of 2022You'll never know my name.But you won't forget my number.Behind the events you know are the killers you don’t.…
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The Blue Ice
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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.
Scores by source
| Seventeen | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (449) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (10) | 4.0 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (61) | — |
Reception
| Seventeen | The Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 61 | 449 |
| Editions | 6 | 30 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 179 |
| Reading it now | — | 59 |
| Written reviews | — | 31 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1910 | 46 |
| Pages | — | 246 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Seventeen or The Blue Ice?
Seventeen has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Seventeen 3.9/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is harder to read: Seventeen or The Blue Ice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Seventeen: Moderate; The Blue Ice: Challenging.