Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
We've had this discussion plenty before, but I'll say again - I don't care how long a book is as long as it warrants its length.

"The Dark Tower" is a series of very long novels, but I don't think they'd work as a series of novellas (or, say, just one book).

Similarly, much of H.P. Lovecraft's work would have lost a lot of its effect if it had been stretched from short stories into novels.


I'm not discriminatory with regards to length. The length of a book does not indicate its quality.
I agree with this statement wholeheartedly. It's more of a personal preference for me to read something that is concise and shorter in length as opposed to a sprawling epic, which mainly stems from my own laziness and having a short-attention span.

I've read "The Gunslinger" years ago and remember feeling slightly underwhelmed even though it was only an introduction to what is apparently an epic series. Not sure I'd be up to the challenge of tackling the Dark Tower series since I'd hate to invest so much time and energy into them and then eventually lose interest.