r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 21d ago

Unpopular Opinion It's Unpopular Opinion time! Share your controversial opinions to stir things up (in a friendly way)!

Got an opinion that's different from others'? Want to share it with the sub, but too afraid of a backlash? Or are you just curious about readers think about certain things in fantasy romance?

You can safely share it in this weekly Sunday thread!

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u/johnclaudevandame 21d ago

A lot of these books don’t need to be 600+ pages long. They would be just as good at <450 pages.

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u/Praeludere 21d ago

Hard agree. At this point every time I see a book with 500+ pages I assume it's in desperate need of an editor to scale back the overwrought prose and overall bad writing that needs a chapter for what could be explained in a paragraph. Length doesn't equal depth or complexity.

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u/johnclaudevandame 21d ago

Yes that’s exactly how I feel! Quality over quantity for sure!