Green Hills of Africa vs The gorilla hunters: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hunters, Hunting, Description and travel, Travel, Fiction
Green Hills of Africa
A 1930s African jungle safari as recorded in the journal of Ernest Hemingway describes the glory of the landscape while bringing to life the story of a land under threat of human incursion.
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The gorilla hunters
“It was five o'clock in the afternoon.”
Three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create an idyllic society despite typhoons, sharks, wild hogs, and hostile visitors, and then pirates kidnap one of the boys, whose adventures continue among the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The gorilla hunters highest: The gorilla hunters 3.8 · Green Hills of Africa 3.5.
- Green Hills of Africa has the widest readership — 13823 ratings behind its score.
- Green Hills of Africa runs the darker storyline; The gorilla hunters stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Green Hills of Africa | The gorilla hunters | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (13823) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (20) | 3.5 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | 4.0 (8) |
Reception
| Green Hills of Africa | The gorilla hunters | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13823 | 8 |
| Editions | 80 | 150 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 11987 | — |
| Reading it now | 1023 | — |
| Written reviews | 1056 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2259 | 267 |
| Pages | 294 | 282 |