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DaLYtOrD t1_j51o25f wrote

Reply to comment by Sinsai33 in What is the point of spoiling the plot of a book in its preface?? by DontNotNotReadThis

I recently read Project Hail Mary and boy is there a big spoiler in the blurb. I heard it was an enjoyable read so just started at page 1. There was lots of suspense and new plot points popping up. Then I read the blurb when I was done and it just straight up tells you what happens in the middle of the book.

I think the story would have been much less interesting, or at least less suspenseful, if I'd read the blurb first.

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crowstgeorge t1_j51osh0 wrote

I completely agree. I gifted it to my dad with explicit instructions not to read the book blurb before he'd finished the text.

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