Le grand cahier vs The Boy at the Top of the Mountain: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Guerre mondiale, World War II, World War, Romans, Fiction

Cover of Le grand cahier

Le grand cahier Ágota Kristóf · 1986 ★★★★☆ 3.9 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain John Boyne · 2015 ★★★★☆ 4.0 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Easy Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain is the easier read (Easy), Le grand cahier more demanding (Moderate).

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