The Town vs We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Which Should You Read?
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate We Have Always Lived in the Castle highest: We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.9 · The Town 3.7.
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for The Town.
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle has the widest readership — 315673 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Town | We Have Always Lived in the Castle | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (315673) |
| Hardcover | 2.7 (3) | 3.9 (907) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (58) |
Reception
| The Town | We Have Always Lived in the Castle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3 | 315673 |
| Editions | 21 | 39 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 561 | 16688 |
| Pages | 371 | 182 |