The Girl with a Thousand Faces vs The Reformatory: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adult, Historical, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Horror, Fiction
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of…
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The Reformatory
Gracetown, Florida - June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Reformatory highest: The Reformatory 4.4 · The Girl with a Thousand Faces 4.2.
- The Girl with a Thousand Faces is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for The Reformatory.
- The Reformatory has the widest readership — 95767 ratings behind its score.
- The Reformatory runs the darker storyline; The Girl with a Thousand Faces stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Girl with a Thousand Faces | The Reformatory | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.4 (95767) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (18) | 4.5 (163) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (8) | 4.5 (397) |
Reception
| The Girl with a Thousand Faces | The Reformatory | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 18 | 95767 |
| Editions | 2 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 260765 |
| Pages | 320 | 576 |