The Damned vs The Rotting Room: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Horror
The Damned
The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood.
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The Rotting Room
Sister Rafaela, a newcomer to the cloistered Sisters of Divine Innocence, yearns for redemption from her horrific past. However, her new abbey, bound by a vow of silence and a disturbing burial ritual, hides its own…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Damned highest: The Damned 3.9 · The Rotting Room 3.4.
- The Rotting Room has the widest readership — 1725 ratings behind its score.
- The Rotting Room runs the darker storyline; The Damned stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Damned | The Rotting Room | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.4 (1725) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (26) | 4.0 (12) |
Reception
| The Damned | The Rotting Room | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 26 | 1725 |
| Editions | 106 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 11106 |
| Reading it now | — | 382 |
| Written reviews | — | 403 |
| Wikipedia attention | 188 | — |
| Pages | 110 | — |