The Blue Ice vs The Keeper: Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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 Keeper
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Best Book of the Year (So Far)From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Keeper highest: The Keeper 4.5 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for The Keeper.
- The Keeper has the widest readership — 986 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Keeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 4.4 (26) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (986) |
Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Keeper | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 986 |
| Editions | 30 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | — |
| Reading it now | 59 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | 53 |
| Pages | 246 | 528 |