Lili vs The Gadfly: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Revolutionaries, History, Fiction
Lili
Derrière le portrait d'une jeune Chinoise dans les années 1980, l'histoire d'une prise de conscience sociale qui aboutit aux événements de la place Tian'anmen en 1989. [SDM].
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The Gadfly
The Gadfly was published in 1897, and its original publishers feared a hostile public reaction to its theme of revolution. Instead, it quickly became a classic of socialism, one of the very first politically aware…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Gadfly highest: The Gadfly 4.2 · Lili 3.8.
- The Gadfly is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Lili.
- The Gadfly has the widest readership — 13182 ratings behind its score.
- The Gadfly runs the darker storyline; Lili stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Lili | The Gadfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (13182) |
| Hardcover | — | 4.2 (12) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (20) |
Reception
| Lili | The Gadfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 13182 |
| Editions | 5 | 89 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 10032 |
| Reading it now | — | 616 |
| Written reviews | — | 1090 |
| Wikipedia attention | 340 | 2872 |
| Pages | 320 | 198 |