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>start reading blood meridian
>introduction by Harold bloom
>The cunt proceeds to fucking spoil the entire novel in the second paragraph

This is not the first time that an introduction spoiled shit. Why the fuck do they do this? Alternatively, what's the point of reading introductions when all they do is fuck up the book for you?

>> No.14621267

Never read introductions if they're not written by the author themselves.

>> No.14621274

>he cares about spoilers
>he's a plotfag
Also all intros are just useless masturbation

>> No.14621279

>>14621274
What's the point of reading fiction of you know how the major plot points will play out?

>> No.14621286

>>14621279
The aesthetic of the prose
The characters
Seeing how the author weaves theme into his writing
Execution of particular scene
Reading for plot is the most shallow thing you can do

>> No.14621287

>>14621279
you're doing it wrong if you're reading for simple plot and not the experience and emotions you're experiencing with the book

>> No.14621294

>>14621286
>>14621287
That's all part of the experience, but knowing what happens to the characters and when takes away a lot from the book, at least for me. It takes away the mystery and makes it harder to empathize with the characters.

>> No.14621300

>>14621263
>muh spoilers
Are you reading Harry Potter or Blood Meridian?

>> No.14621306

>>14621294
You're a bug man better suited to reading rick riordin than mccarthy

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>>14621279
>Watching Vikings with gf
>Casually mention that Ragnar dies
>She flips out and refuses to watch further

>> No.14621309

>>14621300
What is so bad about not wanting spoilers in order to enjoy the book to it's fullest extent

>> No.14621313

>>14621307
Where the fuck did I say I refused to read further? I'm still reading through the book, the spoilers in the intro were an annoyance

>> No.14621330

>>14621309
Plot matters so little that spoilers are equivalent to mosquito bites, only actual children care about them

>> No.14621332

>>14621307
thanks for that, jerk

>> No.14621346
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14621346

>>14621307
>Read BotNS
>read about it online
>don't get shit spoiled because no one understands what the fuck is happening

Thanks Gene.

>> No.14621361

>>14621263
I usually read the introduction last. Sometimes the author of the introduction reveals the best parts, so you can skip to them if the book is too boring.

>> No.14621419

>>14621274
>>14621263
Don't blame the person writing the introduction either, they probably got in based on how relevant their name is, albeit, most academic publishers(Oxford;" Hackett, etc, other universities) have good introductions that give a lot of good insight into the book your about to read. I can't imagine that spoiling the plot in BM would do anything, their is not really a plot as much it is a journey.

>> No.14621447

>>14621307
dumb bitch deserved it for not already knowing ragnar lodbrok

>> No.14622282

>>14621306
kys fag

>> No.14622779

>>14621263
What the fuck do you expect from a clown called Harold?

>> No.14622789

Why would you read the intro you amateur? lmao

>> No.14622796

>read Gormenghast
>introduction by China Mieville, gushing about inane shit

Lads, im beginning to think introductions are a waste of time

>> No.14622804

>>14622796
>China
What a faggot name lmao

>> No.14622807

>read anything by Bloom
>starts sucking off Hamlet 2 pages in

>> No.14622845

>>14621286
>>14621274
I was once like you kids, but then I grew out of it and understood that the plot is just as important as all other parts and that there was no point on being snob about it. Just because normies idolize the immaculation of the plot does not imply that a smart person should negate it.
still love giving out spoilers of shitty pop stuff, tho.

>> No.14622865

>>14621263
>Caring about spoilers
I sure hope none of you do this. Really just goes to show who has and hasn't taken a collegiate level English though

>> No.14622883

>>14621267
This. Read the introduction after finishing hte book. Also, what >>14621286
mentions can be better appreciated in a reread. Maybe you do so, but if not, you should try rereading some of the books you have enjoyed the most.

>> No.14622926

>>14621447
I love the logic of being angry at someone for not knowing someone.
>She should have known that she should know about it him!

>> No.14622943

>>14621330
Weongy

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>>14621346
it infuriates me how little there is to go off of. I need one of those damn reading charts

>> No.14623957

>>14621313
Are you his fucking girlfriend? Jump off a bridge retard.

>> No.14623979

>>14621279
What's the point of having more than one shirt if you already know how it will hang off your body?

>> No.14623996

>>14623979
Dumb esl poster

>> No.14624007

>>14621263
How can you get excited over the plot? Everything there is already commited, it belongs in the past. Whwn you read about the Hundred Years War, do you avoid spoilers about who won?
If you want excitement over uncertainities, go gamble

>> No.14624031

>>14621263
>starts reading garbage
>starts reading the introduction written by a retard
OP confirmed being a dumbass

>> No.14624065

>>14624031
t. 35 million book buyers

>> No.14624373

>>14622845
This. Smug reactions to normies sperging out over spoilers might give you some pseud cred, but that only goes so far.

>> No.14624569

>>14621263
I skip every introduction for this reason, I don't think the people who write them believe they are writing for first-time readers.

>> No.14624640

>>14621263
>reading the introduction before reading the book
You may as well read the epilogue too then you bumbling dullard.

>> No.14626218

>>14621286

Imagine taking an Intro to Lit at Jr, College, coming up with this retarded idea, and then letting it out into the public.

>> No.14626222

>>14621330

Have you gotten your middle school summer reading list yet?

>> No.14626242

>>14626222
kek

>> No.14626261

I fucking hate Harold Bloom. Everything he says, even about good books, is completely fucking wrong.

He says Blood Meridian isn't political or sociological when it's very obviously both. He doesn't understand the themes or characters, has a tenuous (at best) grasp of the Biblical nature of the work, and can only come out on the other side with a superficial comparison to Moby Dick. What a fucking clown.