The Big Time vs Words of Radiance: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Fantasy fiction, Fiction
The Big Time
From back cover Ace paperback December 1982: This is war: The biggest, longest war that anyone could imagine. The soldiers are recruited at the moment of death to fight through all of time. The goal is to change the…
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Words of Radiance
The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings. Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable Parshendi, assassinated the Alethi king on the very night a treaty…
The verdict
- Readers rate Words of Radiance highest: Words of Radiance 4.8 · The Big Time 3.2.
- The Big Time is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 20 for Words of Radiance.
- Words of Radiance has the widest readership — 527911 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Big Time | Words of Radiance | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (4759) | 4.8 (527911) |
| Hardcover | 2.9 (22) | 4.7 (3) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 5.0 (8455) |
Reception
| The Big Time | Words of Radiance | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4759 | 527911 |
| Editions | 55 | 23 |
| Citations | 15 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4835 | 171247 |
| Reading it now | 228 | 27142 |
| Written reviews | 526 | 37238 |
| Wikipedia attention | 802 | 7794 |
| Pages | 116 | 1088 |