inspired by this thread. http://prince.org/msg/100/327299

Does knowing the ending to a novel before you have read it spoil your enjoyment of a good read , or are you one of those ppl who cant resist turning to the last page to see the ending.

can you guess which category im in

Working in a book shop, i have often had to ask ppl to quiten down when discussing major new releases, just after release...as knowing the ending can really spoil it for ppl. The looks i get range from to :t2th:
thats what reading groups are for people

i read the last 3 HP novels the day of release, locking myself away from the world til i had finished


My sisters keeper, the boy in the striped pjs and lovely bones (all now movies) were books that i was glad not to know the endings to. i loved the books so much...i cant bring myself to see the movies...yet

It ota doesn't bother me
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I prefer not to know. I like to experience it all unfolding. With Harry Potter, I managed to avoid every single thing until after I had read each book...I didn't even watch news reports on the release parties just on the off chance that they'd give something away.

I don't even like to read the flap copy of a book until I'm well into it, just because sometimes the description of the book in that copy gives too much away.

On the other hand, I had heard about the ending of Anna Karenina long before I read it. Or at least I thought I had. What I thought was the ending turned out to happen about two-thirds of the way through the book, and the book is one of my absolute favorites. So knowing the ending isn't always the worst thing if the book is well-written.

Efan said:

i locked myself in a room, no radio/tv/internet til those books were finished

Alej said:

By the way, did you like My Sister's Keeper? That book made me so mad I wanted to throw it across the room. I never saw the movie, but I'm guessing they changed the ending.