Sorry about all the libtards that are migrating north . hope you can forgive us <| sep |> I really love the Cactus Person short story . It ' s one of my favorite shorts , even among more well known literature . However , I don ' t understand the appeal of general serialized stories that have tens of chapters . I ' ve skimmed a few such as the Harry Potter series that is so prominent , but can ' t get into it . I ' ll be honest , the prose quality is a hurdle for me . The prose isn ' t bad per se , but I need a bit more pleasure from reading if the intellectual points are going to be buried in a long form story . I ' d rather read a nonfiction article or essay , where the clinical writing style is often better suited to the form .