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Peeking At Potter: Does Skipping To The End Makes You A Bad Person?

Huffington Post   |  Rachel Sklar   |   July 20, 2007 05:58 PM

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Juliet Lapidos asks that question at Slate, noting:

According to a poll of 500 children taken for the British bookstore chain Waterstone's, nearly one-fifth of Harry Potter fans will skip straight to the end of the final book in the series. Is there something wrong with sussing out an ending in advance?

We couldn't tell you, but here's the last line of her article:

To date, I've only heard one convincing reason to flip to the back, from another famous Harry. In When Harry Met Sally..., Harry says "I always read the last page first. That way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends."

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