Bluebeard vs The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: Which Should You Read?
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Bluebeard
“Never trust a survivor… until you find out what he did to stay alive.”
Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn.…
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a refugee in New York City, where he comes to live with his 17-year-old cousin Sammy Klayman. Joe escaped from Prague with the help of his…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Bluebeard is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay has the widest readership — 216497 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bluebeard | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (216497) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (109) | 4.3 (489) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (1) | 4.0 (10) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (102) | 4.5 (377) |
Reception
| Bluebeard | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 109 | 216497 |
| Editions | 29 | 36 |
| Citations | — | 54 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 181672 |
| Reading it now | — | 10969 |
| Written reviews | — | 13587 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2797 | 6584 |
| Pages | 293 | 639 |