The Day of the Triffids vs The Human Chord: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Fantasy fiction, Horror, Fiction
The Day of the Triffids
“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.”
When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike,…
1 film adaptation
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The Human Chord
“As a boy he constructed so vividly in imagination that he came to believe in the living reality of his creations: for everybody and everything he found names-real names.”
It was an innocent enough advertisement but curious. "WANTED, by Retired Clergyman, Secretarial Assistant with courage and imagination. Tenor voice and some knowledge of Hebrew essential; single; unworldly. Apply Philip…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Day of the Triffids highest: The Day of the Triffids 4.0 · The Human Chord 3.5.
- The Day of the Triffids has the widest readership — 120332 ratings behind its score.
- The Human Chord runs the darker storyline; The Day of the Triffids stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Day of the Triffids | The Human Chord | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (120332) | 3.5 (250) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (400) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (32) | — |
Reception
| The Day of the Triffids | The Human Chord | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 120332 | 250 |
| Editions | 63 | 49 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 84937 | 499 |
| Reading it now | 2272 | 30 |
| Written reviews | 6608 | 45 |
| Wikipedia attention | 12280 | — |
| Pages | 270 | 255 |