Peeking ahead...

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 20710


--- catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Imagine book 7 has just come out... how many people will not be able 
> to resist looking at the final chapters to see who is alive at the 
> end!??

Hrm, good question. I don't know. I'd like to think that I wouldn't
look ahead. But I can't guarantee it. I started reading HP after GoF
was published. I read the first three books and was waiting to get the
fourth. Curious, I was looking on the web at all the HP sites (they
multiply like rabbits!) and couldn't resist peeking at some articles
about the four book. So, I knew that a character was going to die
before I read the fourth book (although I didn't read *which*
character). It didn't ruin the experience for me though, because the
article said a *girl* died not a guy. I was not expecting Cedric at
all.

I must admit that I've given into peeking ahead before. Sometimes, I'll
randomly looking to a section later in the book just to see who's
talking. I don't read any of it, just skim briefly. 

I guess I should make a promise to myself not to peek ahead on the last
three books. That way I can be properly
surprised/astounded/devastated/ecstatic.

~Amber


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