The ruling passion vs The troll garden: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Manners and customs, Short Stories, Fiction
The ruling passion
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally…
The troll garden
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"This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The troll garden has the widest readership — 154 ratings behind its score.
- The troll garden runs the darker storyline; The ruling passion stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The ruling passion | The troll garden | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (16) | 4.0 (154) |
| Hardcover | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (8) |
Reception
| The ruling passion | The troll garden | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 16 | 154 |
| Editions | 33 | 66 |
| Citations | — | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 31 | 518 |
| Reading it now | 2 | 51 |
| Written reviews | 3 | 65 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 154 |
| Pages | 144 | 156 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The ruling passion or The troll garden?
The troll garden has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The troll garden 3.9/5, The ruling passion 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The ruling passion or The troll garden?
The ruling passion is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The ruling passion (144 pages, ≈ 2 h 40 m); The troll garden (156 pages, ≈ 2 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: The ruling passion or The troll garden?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The ruling passion: Challenging; The troll garden: Challenging.