The Diamond Eye vs The Mad Wife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance
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…
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The Mad Wife
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Diamond Eye highest: The Diamond Eye 4.3 · The Mad Wife 3.9.
- The Mad Wife is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 9 for The Diamond Eye.
- The Diamond Eye has the widest readership — 226141 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Diamond Eye | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (226141) | 3.9 (173928) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (108) | 3.7 (65) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2392) | 4.0 (489) |
Reception
| The Diamond Eye | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 226141 | 173928 |
| Editions | 8 | — |
| Pages | 488 | 321 |