Do you read the 'introduction'?

[Angel]

I'll read it if I think it's relevant - history, craft books and if I think that it will benefit my reading of the book. Sometimes I just give a cursory skim read

[poppyshake]

I don't always read them but if I do I read them after I've finished the book .. they give too much away otherwise.

[Kylie]

Yes, I agree, Poppyshake. I've been burnt a couple of times by introductions, so I no longer read them first. They should really put them at the end of the book, or at least give a spoiler alert! But now that I read the story first, I tend to skip the intro altogether because, by the time I've finished the book, I'm always ready to move onto the next one, and I can't help but feel that reading the intro is holding me up.

[lauraloves]

I do sometimes, it depends on the type of book though

[Gad786]

Sometimes I read the introduction like when its a part of the story or a kind that isnt to long and a kind that is interesting

[bree]

I mostly find the Introductions very tedious to read. And then a voice in my head says - "if you can't read 3 pages of introduction, how will you read the 300-odd pages of what the author's written?". And I dutifully read it. But honestly it's tougher than those 300 pages.