Frankly, if a book clocks in over three hundred pages I normally find it a chore and may avoid it whereas anything under 300, regardless of if it’s gotten lukewarm reception, I’ll probably open it up and give it a chance. Even in books that over the three hundred mark which I really enjoyed I usually find a good 30-40 pages or more that could be cut. It’s certainly not a hard rule, the last two books I’ve read were 500-600 or so pages, but I do typically need to convince myself or be convinced by recommendations that a book over 300 is worth my time. And it’s funny because I don’t generally like short stories either outside of a few writers.Anyone else relate to this? What’s your ideal page count?
>>24728960I love 120 pages because i'm too lazy to finish a 300 page and if i start it i finish it in 3 or 4 days and just at a point forget its content whereas 120 page remember its content and is more enjoyableI find 300+ books are a stretch of nothingness
>>24729012I don’t mind short novels, it’s more short stories I find repetitive. My sweet spot is definitely 180-280. Once they get too far over 300 it really does just feel like bloat for bloat’s sake. I somewhat excuse it in older books because reading was a more primary pastime form of art so people having longer tomes to spend time with is understandable. But particularly modern authors just seem to love the sound of their own voice so to speak.
