The Rats vs The Sleepwalker: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction, Fiction
The Rats
A special 50th anniversary edition of the classic bestselling horror novel The Rats.‘Splatterpunk deluxe. Not only great, gory fun but a prime example of what was once called "the British nasty." I loved it then, love…
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The Sleepwalker
“Mrs. Barnes yawned as she set the plate of scrambled eggs down in front of Mayra.”
One week after she starts her summer job on Fear Street with old Mrs. Cottler, Mayra Barnes begins to sleepwalk, always waking up outdoors in the middle of the night never knowing where she is! Things take a disturbing…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Rats has the widest readership — 96 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Rats | The Sleepwalker | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (96) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (68) | 5.0 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | — |
Reception
| The Rats | The Sleepwalker | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 96 | 9 |
| Editions | 15 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 117 | — |
| Reading it now | 3 | — |
| Written reviews | 10 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2384 | 231 |
| Pages | 188 | 164 |