The Blue Ice vs The Lies We Bury: 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 Lies We Bury
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It’s the case that has tormented him for years… Detective Cage Foster’s past has come back to haunt him. It’s been seven years since two girls disappeared because of his rookie mistake, and since then he’s lived under…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Lies We Bury highest: The Lies We Bury 4.4 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Lies We Bury | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | 4.3 (18) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (125) |
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Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Lies We Bury | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 125 |
| Editions | 30 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | 1247 |
| Reading it now | 59 | 6 |
| Written reviews | 31 | 4 |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | 1575 |
| Pages | 246 | 306 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Lies We Bury?
The Lies We Bury has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Lies We Bury 4.4/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Blue Ice or The Lies We Bury?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Lies We Bury (306 pages, ≈ 5 h 40 m).
Which is harder to read: The Blue Ice or The Lies We Bury?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Blue Ice: Challenging; The Lies We Bury: Moderate.