I also found this interesting and honestly somewhat puzzling. Aren't most of the bestselling fantasy series BFFs? What about the phenomenon that is Harry Potter - each subsequent book gets longer, but you don't hear people complaining.
Actually, talking with parents and teachers, the youngest HP fans are having trouble making it through the last volume. I think her YA readers may have hit the wall for length. I even confess to skimming the end of that one....
I have the burden of reading fast--and very little time. If the book is good, I want to fall into it and not come out until I'm finished. So I don't pick up the big ones--I would never have read HP if Volumes 1, 2 & 3 had been the length of 4 and 5.
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Date: 2004-09-10 08:49 am (UTC)Actually, talking with parents and teachers, the youngest HP fans are having trouble making it through the last volume. I think her YA readers may have hit the wall for length. I even confess to skimming the end of that one....
I have the burden of reading fast--and very little time. If the book is good, I want to fall into it and not come out until I'm finished. So I don't pick up the big ones--I would never have read HP if Volumes 1, 2 & 3 had been the length of 4 and 5.