[HPforGrownups] Do spoilers really "ruin" things? Or make things more interesting?

[Dantzel Withers]

No: HPFGUIDX 168764

Leslie41: 
  Will that diminish her pleasure? I hope not. I guess in a way I feel 
like Rowling is not giving her own work the credit it's due by 
suggesting that. The "surprise" of what happens is only going to be 
the tiniest aspect of my daughter's enjoyment. 

I guess I just don't understand the hoopla over not "spoiling" 
things. I could read an elaborate description of the plot and the 
book would not be spoiled for me at all. 
   
  Dantzel replies:
  I feel like the best part about a book like this is that you can only experience reading it without prior knowledge once. If Harry dies or if the Giant Squid is actually Mr Weasley's Animagus or whatever else happens in DH, I can only get the pleasure of reading it without knowing what comes next once. After that, it will be a different reading experience because I will have that prior knowledge. But the idea of reading something and truly being taken into the unknown is an exciting thought for me. There are only so many books that are worthy of that excitement.
   
  And I may have to bring a mace to Barnes and Noble when DH comes out in case I see someone flipping to the back of the book. I will be VERY angry if it is ruined for me.
   
  Dantzel - feeling quite adamant about the no-spoiler policy.
   

 
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