Do long books put you off reading?
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Do long books put you off reading?
The exception is if you really are a huge fan of the author-obviously King has released a few 1000+ page books and i soaked these up for the simple reason that i love horror and King but a new genre of book would probably daunt me a bit if it was very long.
Anyone else any thoughts on long books?
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That's a good idea Melaniep .... I have A History of Christianity (1016 pages) on my TBR pile so I might try reading it in phases as you say.Melaniep wrote:For me, Anna Karenina was a ridiculously long book. I took a break about halfway through and read something "light and fluffy" to decompress before I finished Anna Karenina. It worked well for me. As long as I can take breaks like that, I don't care how long the book is!
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I have read other books that were over 1000 pages and if the story wasn't good I would have put them down and not finish them. The shorter novels are easier to read always.
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Now if you gave me a King book, I couldn't do it. Not just because I'm a pansy, but he just goes on, and on, and on, and on. I get lost in backstories and minute details. The only book I really enjoyed by him was Bag of Bones. But perhaps I should give him another chance.
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Ha, we are from two different spectrums of King fans in that case. Whilst i do agree with you that King can sometimes take a tangent to a story and batter it to death to the detriment of the reader's enjoyment (IT, Under the Dome, Liseys Story), i think generally it adds to the overall story and point he is making albeit in a protracted way. And i also rate Bag of Bones as one of his worst books ever, the plot goes nowhere from page one to the end but this book is very divisive so the debate rages on and onEuphoriameantime wrote:It really depends on the writter and genre. I've been reading a lot of series/trilogies lately. Ambrose Trilogy by John Dickinson. Where one book is only, like you say, 300-500 pages, but the whole series put together is well over a 1,000.
Now if you gave me a King book, I couldn't do it. Not just because I'm a pansy, but he just goes on, and on, and on, and on. I get lost in backstories and minute details. The only book I really enjoyed by him was Bag of Bones. But perhaps I should give him another chance.
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Admitedly, it's been about 10 years sense I read Bag of Bones, I don't actually remember much about it. It was the only King book I managed to finish. I do think he is a very talented, creative and twisted writter. I give him credit and respect. I just can't stand reading 300 pages of dribble to get to finally, finally a plot. And then the plot is the little engine that could, slowly trudging along, "I think I can, I think I can" to a climax.StephenKingman wrote:
Ha, we are from two different spectrums of King fans in that case. Whilst i do agree with you that King can sometimes take a tangent to a story and batter it to death to the detriment of the reader's enjoyment (IT, Under the Dome, Liseys Story), i think generally it adds to the overall story and point he is making albeit in a protracted way. And i also rate Bag of Bones as one of his worst books ever, the plot goes nowhere from page one to the end but this book is very divisive so the debate rages on and on
But you're right it usually is at the very least semi-important. I just don't have the patience.