Fear The Worst vs Washington Square: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Father-daughter relationship, Fathers and daughters, Fiction
Fear The Worst
Your daughter doesn't come home one night from her summer job. You go there looking for her. No one's seen here. But it's worse than that. No one's ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she…
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Washington Square
With a new afterword by Michael CunninghamWhat Catherine Sloper lacks in brains and beauty, she makes up for by being "very good." The handsome Morris Townsend would do anything to win her hand-even if it means…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Washington Square is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Fear The Worst.
- Washington Square has the widest readership — 26674 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Fear The Worst | Washington Square | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (15649) | 3.7 (26674) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (16) | 3.7 (39) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (104) | 4.0 (21) |
Reception
| Fear The Worst | Washington Square | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 15649 | 26674 |
| Editions | 23 | 219 |
| Citations | — | 22 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 6859 | 20198 |
| Reading it now | 496 | 1119 |
| Written reviews | 1406 | 2488 |
| Wikipedia attention | 64 | 2802 |
| Pages | 399 | 183 |