The Blue Ice vs The Yacht Girl: Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
The Yacht Girl
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Billionaires don’t play by the rules. But neither does Ryan Lock. When military veterans Ryan Lock and Ty Johnson are hired to provide a security audit of a billionaire’s private island, they uncover a sinister secret…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Yacht Girl highest: The Yacht Girl 4.2 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 6 for The Yacht Girl.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Yacht Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (44) |
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Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Yacht Girl | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 44 |
| Editions | 30 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | — |
| Reading it now | 59 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | — |
| Pages | 246 | 367 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Yacht Girl?
The Yacht Girl has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Yacht Girl 4.2/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Blue Ice or The Yacht Girl?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Yacht Girl (367 pages, ≈ 6 h 48 m).
Which is harder to read: The Blue Ice or The Yacht Girl?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Blue Ice: Challenging; The Yacht Girl: Moderate.