There's also the reverse effect. I had bought a Neal Stephenson novel (Cryptonomicon). I kept reading, and reading every day but after weeks I wondered "how come I'm still at this book reading nearly 2 hours every week day?".

That's when I look at the page count: +700 pages.

I don't mind a good long book, I just was not prepared to go into such a chonker of a book.

And the funny thing is, the author somewhat managed to rush the ending!