Brother Odd vs The mystery of Edwin Drood: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Missing persons in fiction, Missing persons, Fiction
Brother Odd
Loop me in, odd one. The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn, his lost love, and Stormy is dead, gone forever…
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The mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final, uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens. John Jasper is a choirmaster who is in love with one of his pupils, Rosa Bud. She is the fiancee of his nephew, Edwin Drood. A hot-tempered…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Brother Odd highest: Brother Odd 4.0 · The mystery of Edwin Drood 3.7.
- The mystery of Edwin Drood is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 8 for Brother Odd.
- Brother Odd has the widest readership — 70768 ratings behind its score.
- Brother Odd runs the darker storyline; The mystery of Edwin Drood stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
The mystery of Edwin Drood
≈ 6h vs 8h for Brother Odd
Want the crowd-tested pick?
Brother Odd
70768 ratings vs 13428 for The mystery of Edwin Drood
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Brother Odd
4.0 vs 3.7 from readers
New to the genre?
Brother Odd
Moderate vs Challenging for The mystery of Edwin Drood
In the mood for something dark?
Brother Odd
a darker storyline than The mystery of Edwin Drood
Scores by source
| Brother Odd | The mystery of Edwin Drood | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (70768) | 3.7 (13428) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.7 (24) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (4) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (443) | 3.0 (102) |
Reception
| Brother Odd | The mystery of Edwin Drood | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 70768 | 13428 |
| Editions | 26 | 598 |
| Citations | — | 46 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 17579 | 20365 |
| Reading it now | 1265 | 963 |
| Written reviews | 2834 | 1174 |
| Wikipedia attention | 361 | 5728 |
| Pages | 464 | 350 |