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How big is too big?
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p.s. Also, for me I don't mind 550 pages long, but the sooner I know which book it is, the sooner I can order it (which unfortunately, takes longer than I'd like)
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Don't worry, I highly highly doubt there's another Eternal Pleasure out there.Donovan, I'm organised this month. I'll let you know by the end of the week.
Have you guys read the Eragon book series? There's four in total and the film itself is dismal. The First book is decent, the second book goes downhill which is alright I guess, with there being four books I knew not all of them would be great, I was bound to have some qualms. However, The third book is over 700 pages long, does anyone else think this is ridiculous? most books for me are about 400 pages long, after that I tend to lose interest because the story is just soooo long. The fourth book is just as big and due to the fact the third took me 13 weeks to read I've not yet picked it up.
What do you guys think on how long books should be? For me with this series they could have cut the last two books down and gone from a 4 book series to a 6 or even 7 book one, when does a series become too much?
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As for lenght, it will always be a matter of how good it is. The problem with series is some of those are made as series just to seel, just like a lot of books are turned into trilogies for marketing purposes.
There are series which follow the same world characters, such as discworld, where every book is standalone book and then there are series which need all the books to be read in order. I tend to like the first type. Where the author builds on his world/characters, but with unique stories.
I really don't mind about the length of a book, as long as the story keeps me going. The Harry Potter series was my favourite when I was growing up, and 700 pages wasn't enough in my opinion. Time is the issue for me though. I admit, having less time for reading at the moment and needing to get through two book club picks each month, I tend to avoid the longer novels. It's the reason I still haven't got round to reading the rest of the Game of Thrones series, and The Wise Man's Fear. Sad times.
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I own the Eragon set, I found it in a car boot sale for £2, but I haven't as yet got round to them. I will though, because...
I like big books, I cannot lie. There was some chat on twitter before about the Count Of Monte Cristo, which is quite the chunky doorstop, but I love it. I love it so much I had a serious debate with myself about the use of an exclamation mark there, but ultimatey erred on the side of caution.
The Count was published as a serial, which no doubt factored into Monsieur Dumas's decision to include yet another sub-plot, but sub-plots for the win! If your story is sprawling but strong, that's okay. Include all the characters, and the secret lives of their pets too. It's fine.
But... go easy on the mopy teenage wood-hoboing.
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So far in Literally Geeky, we've stuck to books that are somewhere between 200 and 400 pages long, which has worked great. It's my turn to pick next, and I've got my theme chosen and a small list of potential books, but a couple of them are a little longer than normal. How would people feel about a LG pick that's 550ish pages long?