The City of Fire vs The last year of the war: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The City of Fire The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging
“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”

Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

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Cover of The last year of the war The last year of the war Shirley Nelson · 1978 ★★★★☆ 4.2 255 pages · ≈ 4 h 43 m · Moderate

From the back cover of the 1979 paperback edition: In this haunting novel, a young student at a midwestern Bible college ascends from the dark night of her soul into the light of God's love. The time is 1944; World…

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The verdict

How to choose

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The City of FireThe last year of the war
Goodreads — 4.2 (23944)
Hardcover 1.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (129) —

Reception

The City of FireThe last year of the war
Ratings 129 23944
Editions 14 6
Want to read — 39520
Reading it now — 2252
Written reviews — 2900
Pages 270 255

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