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When I was younger I used to read only the last sentence of the book, and then read the entire thing through. It usually kept me guessing as to what it was refe
by squeaky-clean 10y ago
When I was younger I used to read only the last sentence of the book, and then read the entire thing through. It usually kept me guessing as to what it was referring to, which characters that sentence was about. More often it than not it's something cryptic which doesn't spoil much without the earlier paragraph.
My least (and simultaneously most) favorite one was “He put on a little light music instead.” I think that's the last book I read in that way.
- roymurdock 10y agoSometimes authors do this for you. For example in The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut he quickly introduces a time travelling character who tells the main character vaguely what will happen to him throughout the book, leaving him with a picture of beautiful Sirens on Titan, Jupiter's largest moon. From then on you wonder how the main character will end up living on Titan. Vonnegut even centers the title of the book around this kind of suspenseful trick. When done by a skillful author, this kind of pre-reveal can be really engaging.
- kevindeasis 10y agoThis is called a circular journey. In contrast with a linear journey. I too, prefer the circular journey as it adds a little bit of flavour to the story