Let's Talk Bookish; Big Books vs. Short Books: Which Do You Prefer?

It's Friday and perhaps time for a new Let's Talk Bookish post, courtesy of Book Nook Bits and the theme of the week was big books vs. short books.

Here's the further prompts.

Do you prefer to read longer books or shorter books? Does it depend on the genre? Why is that? What are the pros and cons of long books? What about shorter books? What long books do you love? What are some of your favorite short books?

Although I prefer shorter books over longer books, I have read quite a few longer books over the years, as it's sometimes a bit depending on the genre. Like, if a fantasy novel is too short, I often feel a lot of the world-building is missing, but it's not fun reading a book that's too long and one feels the author could have left out 150 pages and it wouldn't miss anything (no matter the genre). It's after all an art in telling a story without having any redundant words or sentences.

Some of the perks of bigger books is the possibility to dig deeper into the story and/or make it last longer, but one needs to know when to call it quits. On the flip-side, some shorter books can be a bit too short, but then there's the thing about cutting out the unnecessary stuff.

One of the bigger books that I really loved was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and when it comes to shorter books, I really like the ones by Bryce Gibson, such as Tethered.