The dark pond vs The Wee Free Men: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young Adult, Children's fiction, Fiction
The dark pond
The author of Skeleton Man returns with another chilling tale.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him . . . and he suspects the answer may lie in the legends…
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The Wee Free Men
A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged master of comic fantasy.Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Wee Free Men highest: The Wee Free Men 4.4 · The dark pond 3.4.
- The dark pond is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 5 for The Wee Free Men.
- The dark pond has the widest readership — 386 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The dark pond | The Wee Free Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (386) | 4.1 (18) |
| Hardcover | 2.0 (1) | 4.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (14) | 4.5 (306) |
Reception
| The dark pond | The Wee Free Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 386 | 306 |
| Editions | 9 | 51 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 3006 |
| Pages | 142 | 317 |