Charm Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) I am tempted and sometimes I even go so far as to look at the last page! Then i might even go a bit further and read one or two lines! But thats it!!! Never the whole page and certainly not the epilogue or last chapter!! I couldnt do it! It seems so wrong!! Edited January 8, 2009 by Charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tintin Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Interested to know if there's a correlation between last-page-itis and sneak-peek-achoo when it comes to wrapped Christmas presents? A very astute question! My ex (who's now buried under the patio) used to read the last page of books I was reading and 'drop' it into conversations She was, apparently, an expert lock picker of the Xmas suitcase from an early age ps Just kidding about the patio.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonders disciple Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well you learn something new every day. I never even knew this existed and that it seems to afflict so many people:lol:. It's not something i could ever do. I wouldn't see the point of continuing to read the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anisia Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I always do it! I can't help myself, I'll read the last couple of pages. But it's never put me off continuing the book, sometimes it even makes me want to read it more so I can see why the books ended a certain way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethany725 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 ooooooh i couldn't bear to look! although i will say that there are those that i'm trying to remember where i was in a book if i didn't mark it, and i have to flip around and read a couple of lines to establish if that's the correct page or not. sometimes i've read things that i think gives too much away and i'm all upset about it. i've realized that with me, i tend to actually forget that part i read... as i get back into the story at the right spot, the little tidbit i read flies out of my head completely and then i don't think about it again until i re-read it again. i have a feeling it wouldn't be quite the same with reading the ending of a book b/c thats just too hard to forget, but still.. makes me grateful for my apparently terrible memory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainFreeze Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 In a word, no I don't. I have to admit, I have done so in the past though and it only served to confuse me - which is something I really don't need any assistance with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Never. It would ruin a good book for me. However, if I was really not enjoying a book, but was vaguely interested in what happened in the end then I might be tempted. I haven't yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawkins Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I used to do it all the time.The only time it spoilt the book for me was Death on the Nile.I've fought the urge ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I used to do it all the time. I only rarely do it now, when I'm getting bored of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm the opposite. If I'm loving/liking a book then I've peeked before. It's usually if I actually care about the outcome. I've also occasionally flicked to a random place in the book and glanced at the page. But I ruined a book once by finding out that a character I assumed to be dead, was still alive. So I try not to do that anymore! For anyone who's read New Moon: I flicked constantly with that, desperate to know what was going to happen. I always ruin surprises for myself, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 .................. I've also occasionally flicked to a random place in the book and glanced at the page. But I ruined a book once by finding out that a character I assumed to be dead, was still alive. So I try not to do that anymore!........... I`ve done this too and ruined a really good story because of it! serves me right I guess, but I learned my lesson and haven`t done it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Exactly. It's not worth ruining a good book. I've learned my lesson too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I virtually never look at the end, I did in a recent Kelley Armstrong book because I was sure I had guessed the big plot line, so i very lightly skimmed the end for the confirmation, and that was the only time in i don't know how long! I don't think I could do it with every book, as you'd just know what was going to happen, and that would defy the object of reading the whole book lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatAdZ Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The only book I've ever read that I knew the end at the beginning was Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but only because Bill himself put it there. I was always resisting temptation to read the last page whenever I read the newest Harry Potter book. I normally just read the last line of the book, mainly because that usually gave nothing away, but still tantalised my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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