Do long books put you off reading?
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Re: Do long books put you off reading?
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if it's fantasy or sci fi, i'm a little wary- the first few pages better be very enticing, especially so if it's a series. but if it's a stand-a-lone book, then not so much.
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I agree. Lengthy books are not an issue (in fact, I love having a longer book that I can truly get lost in); the issue is if the author of said lengthy book loses sight of the plot and the point of the novel. If it is 500+ pages of rousing plot twists and dialogue and character interactions, then please send it my way. If it is 500+ pages where the author sends the characters on a pointless side quest or has the characters meet someone new every chapter that from there on never gets mentioned again, I would prefer not to read it.Rest_In_Pieces wrote: ↑01 May 2011, 16:54 I have no issues with a lengthy book, as long as the writer uses that space well and doesn't make himself guilty of producing 'filler'. That's just wasting the reader's time, and is something I simply loathe. LOTR has been mentioned, and although I certaintly don't find it a bad book (in fact, I love it), it sometimes really loses sight of what's important, and destroys whatever dramatic momentum it had in some instances. The first book is the worst violater of this simple law for writing books. But hey, it's Tolkien, in the end it's the most fun I've ever had reading fantasy.
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