The comic Blackstone vs The Dark Half: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The comic Blackstone The comic Blackstone Gilbert Abbott à Beckett · 1844 ★★★★☆ 3.8 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Challenging

The Comic History of Rome retells Roman history from the city's legendary foundation to the imperial age with irreverent wit, mock-erudition, and a keen eye for political absurdity. À Beckett converts Livy, Plutarch,…

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Cover of The Dark Half The Dark Half Stephen King · 1989 ★★★★☆ 3.8 468 pages · ≈ 8 h 40 m · Moderate
“People's lives-their real lives, as opposed to their simple physical existences-begin at different times.”

The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel…

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1 film adaptation

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

The comic BlackstoneThe Dark Half
Goodreads 4.0 (2) 3.8 (155618)
Hardcover — 3.6 (296)
Apple Books — 4.5 (167)

Reception

The comic BlackstoneThe Dark Half
Ratings 2 155618
Editions 14 61
Citations — 7
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 81579
Reading it now — 2313
Written reviews 2 4350
Wikipedia attention — 5746
Pages 252 468

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