Flint vs The haunted mesa: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Western, Westerns, Fiction
Flint
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He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…
The haunted mesa
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The Haunted Mesa begins near a mesa so forbidding neither Indian nor white man chooses to live in its shadow. Summoned to this dark desert plateau by the desperate letter of an old friend, internationally renowned…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Flint highest: Flint 4.3 · The haunted mesa 3.8.
- Flint is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The haunted mesa.
- Flint has the widest readership — 7699 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Flint | The haunted mesa | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (7699) | 3.8 (7582) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (6) | 4.0 (8) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (3) | 3.5 (3) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (523) | — |
Reception
| Flint | The haunted mesa | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 7699 | 7582 |
| Editions | 27 | 15 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 15305 | — |
| Pages | 183 | 357 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Flint or The haunted mesa?
Flint has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Flint 4.3/5, The haunted mesa 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Flint or The haunted mesa?
Flint is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Flint (183 pages, ≈ 3 h 23 m); The haunted mesa (357 pages, ≈ 6 h 37 m).
Which is harder to read: Flint or The haunted mesa?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Flint: Moderate; The haunted mesa: Moderate.