Double Star vs Shade's children: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Double Star
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he…
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Shade's children
The Key to Survival Rests in the Hands of Shade's Children In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Double Star is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Shade's children.
- Double Star has the widest readership — 24785 ratings behind its score.
- Shade's children runs the darker storyline; Double Star stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Double Star | Shade's children | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (24785) | 3.9 (13808) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (95) | 3.8 (45) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (108) | 5.0 (29) |
Reception
| Double Star | Shade's children | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24785 | 13808 |
| Editions | 42 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 7184 |
| Reading it now | — | 173 |
| Written reviews | — | 688 |
| Wikipedia attention | 906 | 563 |
| Pages | 159 | 345 |