Next of Kin vs The Client: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Organized crime, Lawyers, Murder, Thriller, Fiction
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The Client
“MARK WAS ELEVEN and had been smoking off and on for two years, never trying to quit but being careful not to get hooked.”
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Client highest: The Client 4.1 · Next of Kin 3.8.
- Next of Kin is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 10 for The Client.
- The Client has the widest readership — 468004 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Next of Kin | The Client | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (464) | 4.1 (468004) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (12) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (369) |
Reception
| Next of Kin | The Client | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 464 | 468004 |
| Editions | 6 | 80 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 429 | 95287 |
| Reading it now | 17 | 3127 |
| Written reviews | 47 | 3914 |
| Wikipedia attention | 190 | 2536 |
| Pages | 400 | 566 |