The Monkey's Raincoat vs Ticktock: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: California, Private investigators, Fiction
The Monkey's Raincoat
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When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's…
Ticktock
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Tommy Phan is a 30-year-old Vietnamese-American detective and novelist living in Southern California, and a chaser of the American Dream. He drives home his brand-new Corvette one day to discover a strange doll on his…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Monkey's Raincoat highest: The Monkey's Raincoat 4.0 · Ticktock 3.8.
- Ticktock has the widest readership — 36396 ratings behind its score.
- Ticktock runs the darker storyline; The Monkey's Raincoat stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Monkey's Raincoat | Ticktock | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (36396) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (57) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (22) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1411) | 4.5 (123) |
Reception
| The Monkey's Raincoat | Ticktock | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1411 | 36396 |
| Editions | 7 | 31 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 11050 |
| Reading it now | — | 986 |
| Written reviews | — | 1480 |
| Wikipedia attention | 464 | 364 |
| Pages | 256 | 318 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Monkey's Raincoat or Ticktock?
The Monkey's Raincoat has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Monkey's Raincoat 4.0/5, Ticktock 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Monkey's Raincoat or Ticktock?
The Monkey's Raincoat is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Monkey's Raincoat (256 pages, ≈ 4 h 44 m); Ticktock (318 pages, ≈ 5 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: The Monkey's Raincoat or Ticktock?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Monkey's Raincoat: Moderate; Ticktock: Moderate.