Fear The Worst vs The Ivy Tree: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Personnes disparues, Missing persons, Thriller, Fiction
Fear The Worst
Your daughter doesn't come home one night from her summer job. You go there looking for her. No one's seen here. But it's worse than that. No one's ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she…
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The Ivy Tree
A TRICK OF COLORING... HER WALK... THE WAY SHE SMILED... An English June in the Roman Wall countryside; the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm - a…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Ivy Tree is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Fear The Worst.
- Fear The Worst has the widest readership — 15649 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Fear The Worst | The Ivy Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15649) | 4.0 (7634) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (16) | 3.7 (10) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (104) | 4.0 (102) |
Reception
| Fear The Worst | The Ivy Tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15649 | 7634 |
| Editions | 23 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 6859 | — |
| Reading it now | 496 | — |
| Written reviews | 1406 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 64 | 282 |
| Pages | 399 | 272 |