The Blue Ice vs The Proving Ground: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Thriller
The Blue Ice
Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
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The Proving Ground
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl. Following his…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Proving Ground highest: The Proving Ground 4.5 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for The Proving Ground.
- The Proving Ground has the widest readership — 3288 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Proving Ground | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 4.0 (37) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (3288) |
Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Proving Ground | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 3288 |
| Editions | 30 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 179 | — |
| Reading it now | 59 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | — |
| Pages | 246 | 398 |