As I discovered last night when reading a Patrick O'Brien book (Mauritius Command), a shorter chapter is preferable as far as I am concerned. A 35 page chapter begun at bedtime means a very tired Chilari come 6:10 when my alarm goes off.
I have some really short chapters (450 words) and some really big ones (8000 words).
Is it a bad thing that the quantity varies so much? Can it confuse the reader?
Damn, didn't know that even this matters!