The blooding vs The Catholic School: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Rape, Murder
The blooding
Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough. Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains unsolved. Three…
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The Catholic School
"A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre"--
The verdict
- Readers rate The blooding highest: The blooding 4.0 · The Catholic School 3.8.
- The blooding is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 23 for The Catholic School.
- The blooding has the widest readership — 2217 ratings behind its score.
- The blooding runs the darker storyline; The Catholic School stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The blooding | The Catholic School | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (2217) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (5) | 4.3 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (21) | — |
Reception
| The blooding | The Catholic School | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2217 | 3 |
| Editions | 9 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 1806 | — |
| Reading it now | 219 | — |
| Written reviews | 181 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2154 |
| Pages | 303 | 1280 |