Long books

I'm reading "Troubled Blood" right now, yes it is long as you say OP over 900 pages. I'm not phased by long books if the story carries you along, it's when it doesn't and you make the mistake of keeping going on the basis, that it's going to grab you if only you persevere. I've made that mistake before "The Luminaries" springs to mind, it just got duller and duller that's several weeks of my life, I'll never get back! However, I'm happy to say 200 pages in, I'm enjoying "Troubled Blood"

Being an avid book browser, slim books with less than say 200 pages don't seem significantly cheaper.

Not much choice Fanny, I have always lovrd reading but my left hand doesn’t work too well so I have trouble holding books, and my eyes struggle with print. When I first tried audiobooks I had trouble concentrating on anything but I guess you get used to it.

Ah, I love this sort of thing on GN.
It really is like having a proper chat.
Lovely.

I like JK Rowling but I have to admit there are times when I’ve thought a book could do with some judicious editing. Descriptions and background explanations sometimes get repeated unnecessarily.

Blossoming you mention audio books.
I find audiobooks almost impossible to follow!
I absolutely love them, but I have to have them as ambient background stuff (can't think of the word) as my mind just wanders so much, however interested I am.
I suppose it's a skill.

Thank you eazybee, you have put it better than I did. That's exactly what I was trying to say (I obviously need an editor)!

I don't think it is long books per se but books which are un necessarily long for the story they tell; they need a good editor. I agree about JK Rowling/ R Galbraith; she doesn't seem to know when to stop also, occasionally, Dickens.

What else apart from a long book are you meant to use for a doorstop? Seems a shame not to read them as well.

And I don't think that it's very sensible choosing to read a book that is evidently long, and then complaining that it is long!
I'm only joshing with you, please don't think otherwise.

Well FannyCornforth, I don't think choosing a book purely by its length is very sensible, any more than choosing it by the colour of the cover. It just seems to me that quite often a book could have been edited to be a bit shorter without losing anything. I didn't say I didn't like long books either, and Calendargirl is right, IMO, about the test of a good book.

I listen to audiobooks due to visual impairments. I prefer the longer unabridged books most of the time, but shorter stories are appreciated if I’m tired or ill and can’t really concentrate.

Depends how good they are. Gone With The Wind is over 1000 pages (just checked my copy), but doesn’t seem it.
The real test of a good book is when you can’t bear to put it down, but also you don’t want to finish it.

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With the greatest respect op - what a bonkers premise!
If you don't like long books, choose shorter books!