Fantômas vs The scapegoat: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: France, Thriller, Fiction
Fantômas
“One episode simply melts away as the next takes over” (The New York Times) in this deliciously sinister turn-of-the-century tale of a French evil genius run rampant. Three appalling crimes leave all of Paris aghast:…
1 film adaptation
vs
The scapegoat
Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon, ' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The scapegoat highest: The scapegoat 4.0 · Fantômas 3.7.
- The scapegoat has the widest readership — 15356 ratings behind its score.
- The scapegoat runs the darker storyline; Fantômas stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fantômas | The scapegoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (2119) | 4.0 (15356) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (7) | 4.3 (30) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (9) |
Reception
| Fantômas | The scapegoat | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2119 | 15356 |
| Editions | 38 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 4335 | 21780 |
| Reading it now | 170 | 975 |
| Written reviews | 233 | 1903 |
| Wikipedia attention | 7437 | 1775 |
| Pages | 320 | 351 |