Shattered vs The Old Country: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: War stories, War, Children's fiction, Fiction
Shattered
A journey that begins with adventure soon plunges into the depths of one of Africa's darkest moments. The Shattered Pearl is the gripping memoir of Sara L. Armstrong, an ordinary woman thrust into extraordinary…
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The Old Country
“Long ago, in an old, old country, a little girl named Gisella lived on a small farm surrounded by woods and mountains.”
A grandmother tells her story of being tricked into exchanging her young body with that of a fox and trying to get it back while a war tore apart her home and her country.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Old Country has the widest readership — 593 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Shattered | The Old Country | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (593) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (8) | 4.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 3.0 (3) | — |
Reception
| Shattered | The Old Country | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8 | 593 |
| Editions | 5 | 5 |
| Citations | — | 1 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 428 |
| Reading it now | — | 11 |
| Written reviews | — | 106 |
| Wikipedia attention | 394 | 72 |
| Pages | 176 | 144 |