The Eye of the World vs The Subtle Knife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Good and evil, Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
The Eye of the World
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of…
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The Subtle Knife
“Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on..." But his mother hung back.”
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Eye of the World highest: The Eye of the World 4.5 · The Subtle Knife 4.2.
- The Subtle Knife is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 15 for The Eye of the World.
- The Subtle Knife has the widest readership — 14547 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The Subtle Knife
≈ 6h vs 15h for The Eye of the World
Want the crowd-tested pick?
The Subtle Knife
14547 ratings vs 3949 for The Eye of the World
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The Eye of the World
4.5 vs 4.2 from readers
New to the genre?
The Eye of the World
Easy vs Moderate for The Subtle Knife
Scores by source
| The Eye of the World | The Subtle Knife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (14547) |
| Hardcover | — | 2.3 (3) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (3949) | 4.5 (435) |
Reception
| The Eye of the World | The Subtle Knife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3949 | 14547 |
| Editions | 69 | 106 |
| Citations | — | 86 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 100125 |
| Written reviews | — | 14547 |
| Wikipedia attention | 9677 | 3372 |
| Pages | 832 | 367 |