Mystic river vs The River Knows: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Investigation, Murder, Mystery, Fiction
Mystic river
“WHEN SEAN DEVINE and Jimmy Marcus were kids, their fathers worked together at the Coleman Candy plant and carried the stench of warm chocolate back home with them.”
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that…
1 film adaptation
vs
The River Knows
A lady with a secret past.A man in search of a killer.They thought they had nothing in common-until their first kiss
The verdict
- Readers rate Mystic river highest: Mystic river 4.2 · The River Knows 3.9.
- The River Knows is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Mystic river.
- Mystic river has the widest readership — 171181 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Mystic river | The River Knows | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (171181) | 3.9 (8036) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (184) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (687) | — |
Reception
| Mystic river | The River Knows | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 171181 | 8036 |
| Editions | 53 | 26 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 139549 | — |
| Reading it now | 4943 | — |
| Written reviews | 6742 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5175 | — |
| Pages | 496 | 347 |