So you remember that book? The one that was recommended by a friend, but shortly after beginning it, I knew what was going to happen throughout the rest of the book? Yeah, that one.
I was wrong.
I trusted my friend and kept reading. And I was happy to be wrong.
And evidently, I made the decision that most of you would have made. Here are the poll results, out of 117 votes:
- If the book was recommended by a trusted friend, I’d keep reading. 34.19%
- Yes, I would finish the book, no matter what. 30.77%
- I’d go straight to the end and read the last few chapters to see if I was right. 19.66%
- No, I’d put the book down and move on to something else. 7.69%
- I’d look it up on the internet to see if I was right about what happens. 1.71%
- Other answer… 5.98%
I know you’ll hate me, but I don’t want to tell you what book it was, because I don’t want to sway your opinions of the book. Let’s just say that I very much enjoyed the book, and would recommend it, with the caveat that even if the reader thinks she knows where it’s going, keep reading.
Thanks for your votes. It was fun to see what others would do!
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Not fair, now I am dieing to know what book it was..can I have a hint?? LOL Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment.
That’s two of us dying to know what book it was–come on, just a little hint? Maybe we’ve already read it…..
I have to say, I *hate* books that base a story on a certain premise, then yank that premise out from under you right at the very end. I mean, why bother reading it? It is like the whole “Who shot JR?” issue–oh, nobody did, it was only a dream. That is a big cheat.
Umm, okay, off the soapbox now, carry on……
Wait… JR getting shot was a DREAM?! I can’t believe you spoiled that for me. I was going to watch that tomorrow night!
You’re right. getting to page 300 and finding out everything you knew was a lie IS kind of annoying!
No, it was nothing like that. The book publishes this spring, it’s not RH, and that’s about all I will say. I don’t want to give people an unfair preconception of the book, which I enjoyed, just because I thought I was smarter than the author
It’s not a twist at the end … what I *thought* was the ending was actually revealed about 1/3 of the way through, and the rest of the mystery went from there. Enjoyable. Not predictable.
The results of the poll are interesting actually, in so much that a third of people would keep reading despite the book potentially being rubbish! I suppose it depends on the friend!