Sharp Objects vs The Woman Who Lost Her Soul: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Women journalists, Crimes against, Fiction
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WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily…
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
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"When the humanitarian lawyer Tom Harrington travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of a beautiful, seductive photojournalist, he is confronted with a dangerous landscape of poverty, corruption, and…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Sharp Objects highest: Sharp Objects 4.0 · The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 3.5.
- Sharp Objects is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for The Woman Who Lost Her Soul.
- Sharp Objects has the widest readership — 1275949 ratings behind its score.
- Sharp Objects runs the darker storyline; The Woman Who Lost Her Soul stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Sharp Objects | The Woman Who Lost Her Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (1275949) | 3.5 (2044) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (3) | 3.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (5274) | 3.5 (6) |
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Reception
| Sharp Objects | The Woman Who Lost Her Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1275949 | 2044 |
| Editions | 31 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 906988 | 7012 |
| Reading it now | 36009 | 272 |
| Written reviews | 85597 | 331 |
| Wikipedia attention | 26692 | — |
| Pages | 312 | 736 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Sharp Objects or The Woman Who Lost Her Soul?
Sharp Objects has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Sharp Objects 4.0/5, The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 3.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Sharp Objects or The Woman Who Lost Her Soul?
Sharp Objects is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Sharp Objects (312 pages, ≈ 5 h 47 m); The Woman Who Lost Her Soul (736 pages, ≈ 13 h 38 m).
Which is harder to read: Sharp Objects or The Woman Who Lost Her Soul?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Sharp Objects: Light; The Woman Who Lost Her Soul: Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Sharp Objects: 1 film adaptation; The Woman Who Lost Her Soul: no film adaptation on record.