A quiet kind of thunder vs The Importance of Being Earnest: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Youth, Love, Children's fiction, Fiction
A quiet kind of thunder
Steffi doesn't talk. Rhys can't hear. They understand each other perfectly. Love isn't always a lightning strike. Sometimes it's the rumbling roll of thunder ... Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life -…
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Importance of Being Earnest highest: The Importance of Being Earnest 4.2 · A quiet kind of thunder 4.0.
- The Importance of Being Earnest is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 7 for A quiet kind of thunder.
- The Importance of Being Earnest has the widest readership — 415055 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A quiet kind of thunder | The Importance of Being Earnest | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (13) | 4.2 (415055) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (26) | 4.2 (612) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (136) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (20) | 4.5 (3163) |
Reception
| A quiet kind of thunder | The Importance of Being Earnest | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 415055 |
| Editions | 6 | 455 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 14 | 279372 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 6560 |
| Written reviews | — | 18557 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 30760 |
| Pages | 403 | 94 |