All the Broken Places vs The Diamond Eye: Which Should You Read?
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All the Broken Places
All the Broken Places is a historical fiction novel by John Boyne. It was published on 15 September 2022 by Doubleday. A sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2006), the book follows Gretel, a now-elderly woman…
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The Diamond Eye
In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- All the Broken Places is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for The Diamond Eye.
- The Diamond Eye has the widest readership — 226141 ratings behind its score.
- All the Broken Places runs the darker storyline; The Diamond Eye stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| All the Broken Places | The Diamond Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (110261) | 4.3 (226141) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (45) | 4.1 (108) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (1741) | 4.5 (2392) |
Reception
| All the Broken Places | The Diamond Eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 110261 | 226141 |
| Editions | 9 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 103707 | — |
| Pages | 368 | 488 |