Book Review Tuesday strikes again. Today’s topic – very very long books and the spectacular joys they offer. I LOVE long and involved books with complex storylines, in-depth characterizations, and multiple, overlapping plots that intertwine. The longer the better, I say. I read to get lost – in a story, in someone else’s life, in an idea. And the longer a story is, the longer I can get lost in it – and the easier it is to get there.

I know a lot of people do not like long books, especially in this sound-bit era we live in. I can appreciate that a long book (let alone a series of them) is a commitment and that, given schedules and competing demands on time, it can be difficult to make such a commitment or undesirable to start something when you don’t know when – or even if – you will finish it. I get that a lot of people are commitment-phobic (teehee) and even if they had the time would be reluctant to tie themselves to any one topic/character/storyline for a duration. I understand short attention spans and that a lot of people do not want to fully engage in someone else’s life for 750 pages (let alone thousands).
Continue reading Massive Attack or The Joys of Long and Involved Books that Comprise Long and Involved Series