Tanglewreck (Blackbirds) vs The Homeward Bounders: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Time, Space and time, Time Travel, Children's fiction, Fiction
Tanglewreck (Blackbirds)
Something frightening is happening with time. One moment, a time tornado rages through the streets of London, and those caught up in its path vanish without a trace. The next moment a woolly mammoth is seen lumbering…
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The Homeward Bounders
Once he becomes a pawn in a game played by a powerful group he calls them, 12-year-old Jamie is repeatedly catapulted through space and time.
The verdict
- Readers rate The Homeward Bounders highest: The Homeward Bounders 3.9 · Tanglewreck (Blackbirds) 3.6.
- The Homeward Bounders is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Tanglewreck (Blackbirds).
- The Homeward Bounders has the widest readership — 4413 ratings behind its score.
- The Homeward Bounders runs the darker storyline; Tanglewreck (Blackbirds) stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Tanglewreck (Blackbirds) | The Homeward Bounders | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (4413) |
| Hardcover | 3.1 (12) | 4.2 (16) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 5.0 (10) |
Reception
| Tanglewreck (Blackbirds) | The Homeward Bounders | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12 | 4413 |
| Editions | 14 | 15 |
| Citations | — | 8 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 4162 |
| Reading it now | — | 99 |
| Written reviews | — | 244 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 174 |
| Pages | 415 | 224 |