Purple Heart vs The Hostile Hospital: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Hospitals, Medical fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
Purple Heart
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest.…
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The Hostile Hospital
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Hostile Hospital highest: The Hostile Hospital 4.2 · Purple Heart 3.8.
- Purple Heart has the widest readership — 3117 ratings behind its score.
- Purple Heart runs the darker storyline; The Hostile Hospital stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Just want the better-reviewed one?
The Hostile Hospital
4.2 vs 3.8 from readers
New to the genre?
The Hostile Hospital
Easy vs Light for Purple Heart
In the mood for something dark?
Purple Heart
a darker storyline than The Hostile Hospital
Want something lighter?
The Hostile Hospital
an easier tone than Purple Heart
Scores by source
| Purple Heart | The Hostile Hospital | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (3117) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (2) | 3.9 (291) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (68) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (262) |
Reception
| Purple Heart | The Hostile Hospital | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3117 | 291 |
| Editions | 3 | 25 |
| Citations | — | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2875 | — |
| Reading it now | 126 | — |
| Written reviews | 497 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 227 | 1894 |
| Pages | — | 263 |