Folly and Glory vs Sin killer: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Berrybender family, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Women immigrants, British, Young women, Bildungsromans
Folly and Glory
“PETEY, the sensitive twin, aged one year and a half, began to sneeze and couldn't stop, giving Petal her chance: she at once seized a stuffed blue rooster the two had been fighting over and slipped behind her mother, waiting to see what her twin would do when he stopped sneezing and discovered the theft.”
"As this finale opens, Tasmin and her family are under irksome, though comfortable, arrest in Mexican Santa Fe. Her father, the eccentric Lord Berrybender, is planning to head for Texas with his whole family and his…
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Sin killer
“IN the darkness beyond the great Missouri's shore at last lay the West, toward which Tasmin and her family, the numerous Berrybenders, had so long been tending.”
"It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, aristocratic, English, and fiercely out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up." "Accompanied by a large and varied…
The verdict
- Readers rate Folly and Glory highest: Folly and Glory 4.2 · Sin killer 3.7.
- Sin killer has the widest readership — 6153 ratings behind its score.
- Sin killer runs the darker storyline; Folly and Glory stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Folly and Glory | Sin killer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (6153) |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (4) | 3.2 (5) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (38) | 3.5 (83) |
Reception
| Folly and Glory | Sin killer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 38 | 6153 |
| Editions | 13 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 3235 |
| Reading it now | — | 574 |
| Written reviews | — | 469 |
| Wikipedia attention | 145 | 523 |
| Pages | 236 | 300 |