The barbed coil vs The summer tree: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Wizards, Time Travel, Fiction

Cover of The barbed coil

The barbed coil J. V. Jones · 1997 ★★★★☆ 3.9 624 pages · ≈ 11 h 33 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The summer tree

The summer tree Guy Gavriel Kay · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.9 323 pages · ≈ 5 h 59 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
The summer tree is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 11 for The barbed coil.

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