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Originally Posted by Geralt
This rule doesn't leave any room for context. Discworld is 40+ book series, yet the first 2 books are barely over 200 pages. And the rest of them hover around 200-300 pages. You could read both of them and it would still make only an average size 400 page book. Just saying you give up on the first book is understandable if we are talking about a bigger book, but 200 pages? Come on.
It's totally reasonable if you lets say read 700-800+ page first book in a trilogy or a 5-6 book series like ASOIAF or Malazan or Wheel of Time, and say ok this is not for me. But 200 pages? Again, come on, give it a little room for context.
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These days I don't care how long a series or even a single book is. If I'm not really enjoying the book after about 100 pages I let it go. Too many other books with the possibility of more enjoyment for me to waste time forcing myself to read something I'm not really enjoying much.