(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.
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: