Just as a tiny blippy data-point, I also expect different pacing from books of different thickness. And I get antsy if the entire novel is set-up. I think I had this problem with Jude Fisher's Sorcery Rising (although possibly I was missing important clues)--it was the first of a projected trilogy, it was enjoyable reading in an enjoyable world, and the plot was going--where? There was clearly setup for something, but I couldn't really tell what the something was in any satisfactory detail, and as a result I haven't picked up, oh, #2 in the trilogy, even when it was at the library. (Well, the size of my To Read Queue might have something to do with that, too.) That one was reasonably if not massively thick, but I wouldn't've minded a larger chunk o' book. :-/
I also seem to recall that David Eddings's BELGARIAD and MALLOREON tended to stop at random interludes, but enough happened per book that I didn't mind. Granted, I was a younger and more tolerant reader at the time.
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Date: 2004-09-10 05:12 am (UTC)I also seem to recall that David Eddings's BELGARIAD and MALLOREON tended to stop at random interludes, but enough happened per book that I didn't mind. Granted, I was a younger and more tolerant reader at the time.