I honestly don’t get the hate against shorter works. It’s like, it’s under 100k words, therefore it must be crap without even reading it. No constructive crit, just it’s short and therefore terrible, the end.
Some are more suited to short form than others and would drag with unnecessary scenes. They are likely to feel different, the same as short stories are different to novellas, and novellas are different from novels, and novels are different from epic 5+ book series.
I happen to really like Paradox factor and Dragon, both of which are short form. As you’ve pointed out, there are plenty of classics that are under 50k in length.
I guess a question from someone who has read it, it almost seems like it’s going for the disney-fied version of sword in the stone based on the whole turning into animals and magical trials thing? Would that be fair to say? Just trying to get a feel of where this game sits on a scale of historical to whimsical.
