The barbed coil vs The summer tree: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Wizards, Time Travel, Fiction
The barbed coil
Tessa McCamfrey, young and rootless resident of Southern California, has never found much in life that interests her. All of that changes when she stumbles upon a ring that transports her to a distant time and place.…
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The summer tree
“In the spaces of calm almost lost in what followed, the question of why tended to surface.”
Five men and women find themselves flung into the magical land of Fionavar, First of all Worlds. They have been called there by the mage Loren Silvercloak, and quickly find themselves drawn into the complex tapestry of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The summer tree is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The barbed coil.
- The barbed coil has the widest readership — 2612 ratings behind its score.
- The barbed coil runs the darker storyline; The summer tree stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The barbed coil | The summer tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2612) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.6 (127) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (68) |
Reception
| The barbed coil | The summer tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2612 | 127 |
| Editions | 14 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1471 | — |
| Reading it now | 45 | — |
| Written reviews | 102 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 81 | 924 |
| Pages | 624 | 323 |