The Blue Ice vs The Hadacol Boogie: Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The Hadacol Boogie
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Dave Robicheaux, James Lee Burke’s iconic detective, returns to investigate the death of an unidentified woman, pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence in the Louisiana bayouWhen a cloaked, disfigured man…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Hadacol Boogie highest: The Hadacol Boogie 4.0 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Hadacol Boogie has the widest readership — 3370 ratings behind its score.
- The Hadacol Boogie runs the darker storyline; The Blue Ice stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Hadacol Boogie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | 4.0 (3370) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 4.0 (3) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (215) |
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Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Hadacol Boogie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 3370 |
| Editions | 30 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | 7813 |
| Reading it now | 59 | 794 |
| Written reviews | 31 | 321 |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | — |
| Pages | 246 | — |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Hadacol Boogie?
The Hadacol Boogie has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Hadacol Boogie 4.0/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).