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While I never really pay too much attention to the length of a book (unless I have time constraints for my selection) I think that the longer a book is the less leeway I am willing to give it.
Look, if a book is poor but short, I will often just finish it so I don't feel like I have wasted my money and time. But if a book is poorly written or not working for me and it is hella long, you bet I'm just gonna stop reading it and go read something else, wasted time and money be damned!
And, truth be told, there are a LOT of long books that really probably should be quite a bit shorter. But hey, I'm not a professional editor or writer doing this for a living, so what do I know? But for a story to keep going and going and going it has to be pretty damned good for me to continue investing my time in it.
Conversely, there have been short books I desperately wish would have been longer. Oh well, what are you going to do, right?
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