[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by cromag

All of the above, plus I don't like really long blurbs. I'm looking for a quick reason to read a story, not another story.

I've had a long blurb spoil a book. While browsing I saw a new book by R.A. Salvatore, the guy who wrote Drizzt Do'Urden, in the Forgotten Realms setting.

"Hey, a new book. I didn't know he had out another one."

*read blurb*

...

FRAAAAACK.

I hadn't read all of the Drizzt books, and by reading that blurb, I now know that

Spoiler:

all of the characters of the books, such as Bruenor, Catti-Brie and so on will die at some point. That is expected, as they are adventurers, and even if they wouldn't be killed or something, they don't have Drizzt's life span. However, I also know that a few books later, all of them will be revived, alive again, about a hundred years into the future.

Damn you, blurb.