Potterdammerung

[mdlbear]

So far I've read the first two books, and seen most of the movies in bits and pieces on DVD. So I'll know how the series ends long before I get around to reading through it. If I ever do.

I don't intend to post any spoilers here, but I'm not going to go out of my way to avoid them elsewhere. In fact, I'll probably ask somebody just to get it out of the way. If a book's worth reading, it doesn't matter to me whether I know how it ends: it's all about the journey. Just like I go to the opera for the music, not to be surprised at the ending.

Comments

[smalltowndad.livejournal.com]

To read ahead, or not to read ahead.

I've no problem with either, but think that there's something lost in the first-reading experience, if the outcome is known before I get there, as a reader.

[mdlbear]

Other things being equal I'd like to work my own way to the ending, especially with mysteries. But in most cases I'm so far behind the rest of the world that I can't help picking up bits and pieces.