Tender Is the Night vs The Sound and the Fury: Which Should You Read?
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Tender Is the Night
A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him.
1 film adaptation
vs
The Sound and the Fury
In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Sound and the Fury has the widest readership — 201000 ratings behind its score.
- Tender Is the Night runs the darker storyline; The Sound and the Fury stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Tender Is the Night | The Sound and the Fury | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (153550) | 3.9 (201000) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (148) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (163) | 4.0 (40) |
Reception
| Tender Is the Night | The Sound and the Fury | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 153550 | 201000 |
| Editions | 312 | 94 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 239033 | 298492 |
| Reading it now | 10782 | 10751 |
| Written reviews | 8884 | 12068 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12232 | 25213 |
| Pages | 399 | 335 |