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I really think that reading a short story and reading a novel is a qualitively different experience. You can never get the novel reading experince by reading a short story. So I think all answers saying "it depends on the story" and so on is only relevant if you like the two different experiences the same.
And what is this focus on "story"? Isn't the important thing the total experience you get? The goal of a book is mostly not only to tell a specific story but to give an experience.
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