Concise yet geometric algebraic topology book/resource

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I am looking for a book(or any other resource) that perhaps is like Hatcher(geometric, visual, and intuitive) but perhaps less chatty.

I have tried to read through May's book, but it is kinda the polar opposite of Hatcher in terms of length and viewpoint(mainly algebraic and ~200 pages).

Is such a compromise between a geometric/visual viewpoint and concision even possible? Or is Hatcher(or something else) the only way?

Please note that the "contents" of algebraic topology that I am looking for are the standard topics normally covered in graduate algebraic topology, which would probably be the same contents of Hatcher due to its popularity.

I found Bott-Tu which is really interesting, but it is quite non-standard and feels more like a supplement to a main text/resource.

My background in general topology is Jänich's book and Hatchers point-set topology notes, and my algebra background is everything up to Galois Theory and the basics of category theory.

Thank you all very much!