The Girl with a Thousand Faces vs The Great God Pan: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gothic, Paranormal, Horror, Fiction
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of…
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The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen's first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced. Arthur Machen with his taste for the bizarre and macabre, unfurls the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Girl with a Thousand Faces highest: The Girl with a Thousand Faces 4.1 · The Great God Pan 3.7.
- The Great God Pan is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for The Girl with a Thousand Faces.
- The Great God Pan has the widest readership — 17740 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Girl with a Thousand Faces | The Great God Pan | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.7 (17740) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (18) | 2.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (10) | 4.0 (248) |
Reception
| The Girl with a Thousand Faces | The Great God Pan | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 18 | 17740 |
| Editions | 2 | 431 |
| Citations | — | 24 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 24365 |
| Pages | 320 | 65 |