I really don't know. I read the ends of books first a lot and look up the plots of movies and stuff -- as spoilers go, I'm closer to phile than phobe. I get pleasure out of finding out what happens and out of the execution, and for me these don't necessarily have to be simultaneous. (Also, there are some stories that seem to be better in summary....)
I'm afraid I'm one of Those People who respond to anti-spoiler hysteria and invective about why people would want to ruin others' enjoyment with "As much fuss as you're making, by this point I'm halfway tempted to spoil you!" I realize that it's unkind and discourteous to tell somebody the end of a story when they're in the process of discovering it, but I think the idea that you have to go into something completely blind in order to enjoy it is getting bizarrely widespread and in some cases tyrannical.
On the other hand, a lot of the time my reading ahead or asking for summaries or whatever is to decide whether to buy a book or even just check it out of the library. If I've already bought it and decided to read it, perhaps I might as well go straight through.
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I'm afraid I'm one of Those People who respond to anti-spoiler hysteria and invective about why people would want to ruin others' enjoyment with "As much fuss as you're making, by this point I'm halfway tempted to spoil you!" I realize that it's unkind and discourteous to tell somebody the end of a story when they're in the process of discovering it, but I think the idea that you have to go into something completely blind in order to enjoy it is getting bizarrely widespread and in some cases tyrannical.
On the other hand, a lot of the time my reading ahead or asking for summaries or whatever is to decide whether to buy a book or even just check it out of the library. If I've already bought it and decided to read it, perhaps I might as well go straight through.