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1) Probably not; 2) that would have taken away from me the enjoyment of reading the book to find out the ending. (I was quite bored that day, and I didn't have my computer or my music player or anything else to do with me.)
(nods) OK, sure... if the most enjoyable thing I can do right now is read a book that isn't enjoyable to read, in order to get the enjoyment of reading the book and being surprised by its ending, then telling me the ending is harmful.
Agreed.
I have trouble imagining actually being in that state personally, but of course people vary.
The existence of bookshops in train stations and airports selling badly-written suspense novels suggests this is a common state.
Well, I too have bought a number of books in airports and train stations over the years, and I don't see how the fact that airports and train stations sell the books they sell provides evidence to choose between the theory that army1987's state is common, and the theory that my state is common. (Of course, the reality could also be both, or neither.)