Blind Faith vs Severed: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Case studies, True Crime, Murder, Fiction
Blind Faith
The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his…
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Severed
The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell . . . an impenetrable mystery—the haunting crown jewel of LAPD’s “unsolved” murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year-old Elizabeth Short,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Severed is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Blind Faith.
- Blind Faith has the widest readership — 7479 ratings behind its score.
- Severed runs the darker storyline; Blind Faith stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blind Faith | Severed | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (7479) | 3.7 (1785) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (8) | 3.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (131) | 4.0 (23) |
Reception
| Blind Faith | Severed | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7479 | 1785 |
| Editions | 7 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3574 | 2133 |
| Reading it now | 319 | 117 |
| Written reviews | 199 | 125 |
| Wikipedia attention | 400 | 83 |
| Pages | 448 | 237 |