The Blue Ice vs The Girl from Devil's Lake: Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
The Girl from Devil's Lake
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Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Girl from Devil's Lake highest: The Girl from Devil's Lake 4.3 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for The Girl from Devil's Lake.
- The Girl from Devil's Lake has the widest readership — 8504 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Girl from Devil's Lake | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | 4.3 (8504) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (377) |
Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Girl from Devil's Lake | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 8504 |
| Editions | 30 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | 10608 |
| Reading it now | 59 | 1606 |
| Written reviews | 31 | 567 |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | — |
| Pages | 246 | 368 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Girl from Devil's Lake?
The Girl from Devil's Lake has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Girl from Devil's Lake 4.3/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Blue Ice or The Girl from Devil's Lake?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Girl from Devil's Lake (368 pages, ≈ 6 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: The Blue Ice or The Girl from Devil's Lake?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Blue Ice: Challenging; The Girl from Devil's Lake: Moderate.