Starling vs The red sun: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Norse Mythology, Magic, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
Starling
Mason Starling, a champion fencer at Gosforth Academy, finds her school overrun with terrifying creatures after a mysterious, ferocious storm falls on Manhattan and the mysterious stranger who saves her life becomes her…
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The red sun
"Sam Baron is about to get the shock of his life. First his substitute English teacher claims to have turned his old teacher into a lizard; then a strange dwarf named Rego arrives and claims Sam is from a magical realm…
The verdict
- Readers rate Starling highest: Starling 4.2 · The red sun 3.8.
- The red sun has the widest readership — 255 ratings behind its score.
- The red sun runs the darker storyline; Starling stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Starling | The red sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (255) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (14) | — |
Reception
| Starling | The red sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 14 | 255 |
| Editions | 2 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 1368 |
| Reading it now | — | 38 |
| Written reviews | — | 87 |
| Wikipedia attention | 16465 | — |
| Pages | 341 | 298 |