My Brother's Keeper vs War Horse: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War I, World War, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
My Brother's Keeper
A novel of the First World War. Alfie signs up for the army aged just 15, carried away by patriotic fervour at the start of the Great War. But life in the trenches is very far from his dreams of glory. It's hard, and…
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War Horse
In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate War Horse highest: War Horse 4.2 · My Brother's Keeper 3.9.
- War Horse has the widest readership — 60968 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| My Brother's Keeper | War Horse | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.0 (3) | 4.2 (60968) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (11) | 4.0 (41) |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (141) |
Reception
| My Brother's Keeper | War Horse | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 60968 |
| Editions | 3 | 54 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 26756 |
| Reading it now | — | 1869 |
| Written reviews | — | 6021 |
| Wikipedia attention | 221 | 3318 |
| Pages | 112 | 172 |