Tarnished Are the Stars vs The Girl from the Sea: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Queer, LGBT, Young Adult, Romance
Tarnished Are the Stars
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A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the…
The Girl from the Sea
“i don"t know because i haven't read all of it”
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Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Girl from the Sea highest: The Girl from the Sea 4.3 · Tarnished Are the Stars 4.1.
- The Girl from the Sea is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Tarnished Are the Stars.
- The Girl from the Sea has the widest readership — 181 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Tarnished Are the Stars | The Girl from the Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.8 (4) | 4.1 (181) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (6) | 4.5 (163) |
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Reception
| Tarnished Are the Stars | The Girl from the Sea | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 181 |
| Editions | 3 | 11 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 313 |
| Pages | 384 | 256 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Tarnished Are the Stars or The Girl from the Sea?
The Girl from the Sea has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Girl from the Sea 4.3/5, Tarnished Are the Stars 4.1/5).
Which is shorter to read: Tarnished Are the Stars or The Girl from the Sea?
The Girl from the Sea is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Girl from the Sea (256 pages, ≈ 4 h 44 m); Tarnished Are the Stars (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: Tarnished Are the Stars or The Girl from the Sea?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Tarnished Are the Stars: Light; The Girl from the Sea: Easy.