Get Shorty vs Take two: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Motion Picture Producers and Directors, Hollywood, Motion picture industry, Fiction
Get Shorty
Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town…
1 film adaptation
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Take two
Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison have completed their first feature film, and Hollywood is buzzing with the news. In the wake of that excitement, the producers acquire rights to a novel that has all the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Get Shorty has the widest readership — 26091 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Get Shorty | Take two | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (26091) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (58) | 3.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (90) | 4.5 (17) |
Reception
| Get Shorty | Take two | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26091 | 17 |
| Editions | 31 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 16006 | — |
| Reading it now | 1175 | — |
| Written reviews | 1090 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2820 | — |
| Pages | 292 | 320 |