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Originally Posted by tompe
But 900 pages read of a total of 1000 is rather different from 90 pages read of a total of 100 so you need the total number of pages also. But I totally agree that your exectations add to the reading experience in a positive way.
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Says who!?! It's still 90% of the story.
Furthermore, I've read some 100-page novels which had me begging for more and some 1,000-page opuses which left me sickened by the waste of time. And the reverse is true for other stories. But in no case did I view length-qua-length as the determining factor. Rather, it was the storytelling methods used. Filling 100, 200 or more pages with lifeless, unimaginative, repetitious and dense, non-descriptive prose kills a story for me. But those same 100 or more pages packed with vivid descriptions of scenery and character motivation as well as action, thought and dialog can force me into a state where I am less 'reading' the story than I am 'imagining' it-where I literally step into the author's world.
Derek