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Originally Posted by issybird
I prefer my books unspoiled, thank you very much...
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Same.
I'm a visual reader, and by reading the book first, my vision of it is free of outside influence. For me, that is the magic of reading, and I don't want my experience shaped and limited by someone else's artistic vision of the story, which is what happens if I watch the movie first.
It can be downright uncomfortable for me at times to read after watching, especially if I've seen the movie within the past few years. My brain makes those images in a seamless flow, but if I've already seen someone else's interpretation, and it conflicts with description in the book (and it always will - out of necessity, the movie will never be an exact copy) my brain gets pulled between what I saw in the movie and the words in the book.