Ever sneak a look at the end of a book?

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Re: Ever sneak a look at the end of a book?

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I have read so many books I usually have drawn a conclusion to what will happen at the end of the story. 95% of the time I am right. If the book is boring, I will read the last ten pages and decide whether the books is worth reading.
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Sneaking a look at the end of a book is one of the ways I CHOOSE books. I read the cover, I read the inside front jacket, the inside back jacket, then any remarks at the beginning. Then I read the back of the book. If I'm still interested, I read the last pages. If it doesn't end well, I don't want to waste my time.

For me, reading isn't about "spoilers." I couldn't care less about spoilers. I want to know the whole story - how they GOT to the spoilers. And if it isn't a good story with a good ending, I don't want to waste my time.
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Not very often but I sometimes sneak a look at the end of a book. But I only let myself to read only one sentence because I do not want to know what happens next because I do not want to feel disappointed.
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I am proud to say, I have the willpower not to do so. I don't have the willpower to avoid chocolate but I don't read the end of the books first. I love being surprised in books so I am always hopeful. :D
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NO NEVER!!!! I can't understand people who do this!!!!!
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I never do this. It ruins the book for me. I only did it once as a kid when I read a novel by Agatha Christie that my sister read before me and I wanted to show her that I was clever enough to know who the murderer was :lol:
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lily_kh87 wrote:I never do this. It ruins the book for me. I only did it once as a kid when I read a novel by Agatha Christie that my sister read before me and I wanted to show her that I was clever enough to know who the murderer was :lol:
Haha, that's fantastic! Did she buy that you figured it out on your own?
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Never never ever. I couldn't do it.
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Yes, but rarely. It usually happens when I'm not thrilled with the direction of the book but still want to see what happened to the main character.
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Of course I have... Usually I do it when I either really hate the book, or really like the book. Normally the former though.
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Guilty as charged. I have read the ending before but stopoed doing it because once i knew the ending i was done reading.
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I think a took a peek at the epilogue of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' back then. It didn't bother me at all and it didn't take the excitement out of reading. I even thought to myself, "Dang, that was clever".
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Offcourse.... I just recently did that with Stephen King's Christine. The book is good but not exactly in my go to genre. The suspense was another thing that made me jump to the ending
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I some times read the last sentence of my book just before I do something else so I can ponder about it.
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*GASPS* No way! I want it to be a surprise when I am reading. I even try my best to avoid a lot of reviews because you never know when someone is going to slip in a spoiler!
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