The Blue Ice vs The Good Guy: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller, Fiction
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 Good Guy
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Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend's tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Good Guy.
- The Good Guy has the widest readership — 40208 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Good Guy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | 3.9 (40208) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 3.8 (47) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (562) |
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Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Good Guy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 40208 |
| Editions | 30 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179 | — |
| Reading it now | 59 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | 267 |
| Pages | 246 | 386 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Good Guy?
The Good Guy has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Good Guy 3.9/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Blue Ice or The Good Guy?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Good Guy (386 pages, ≈ 7 h 09 m).
Which is harder to read: The Blue Ice or The Good Guy?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Blue Ice: Challenging; The Good Guy: Moderate.