The Long Lavender Look vs The progress of Julius: Which Should You Read?
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The Long Lavender Look
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"McGee has become part of our national fabric."SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERA lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he's limping along…
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The progress of Julius
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A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Long Lavender Look highest: The Long Lavender Look 4.2 · The progress of Julius 3.9.
- The Long Lavender Look has the widest readership — 5729 ratings behind its score.
- The Long Lavender Look runs the darker storyline; The progress of Julius stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Long Lavender Look | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (5729) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (9) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (250) | — |
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Reception
| The Long Lavender Look | The progress of Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5729 | 2 |
| Editions | — | 21 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Want to read | 1419 | — |
| Reading it now | 554 | — |
| Written reviews | 222 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 119 | — |
| Pages | — | 308 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Long Lavender Look or The progress of Julius?
The Long Lavender Look has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Long Lavender Look 4.2/5, The progress of Julius 3.9/5).