The Darkness That Comes Before vs The Song Rising (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.0 589 pages · ≈ 10 h 54 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Song Rising (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic)

The Song Rising (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) Samantha Shannon · 2017 631 pages · ≈ 11 h 41 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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