You know what's odd about Mobile read? - Page 4

jhowell · 04-11-2018, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

But seriously, ...

I am only half serious about this.

Because they are such classics those particular things are difficult to not be spoiled.

issybird · 04-11-2018, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

I picture someone sitting down to watch a classic film and then realizing, "So that's what she meant!"

I figure if you don't know the context, you won't hold the thought! For anyone who happens to watch a certain classic film in the next day or so, my abject apologies.

GlenBarrington · 04-11-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I figure if you don't know the context, you won't hold the thought! For anyone who happens to watch a certain classic film in the next day or so, my abject apologies.

You can't please everyone! Ya done good in my eyes.

Luffy · 04-12-2018, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I figure if you don't know the context, you won't hold the thought! For anyone who happens to watch a certain classic film in the next day or so, my abject apologies.

You've done nothing to apologize for. I found that post of yours quite funny.

andyh2000 · 04-18-2018, 12:01 PM

Bit late to this thread but I just had to add my experience. I was waiting in the queue at the cinema to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) and made an off-hand comment to the person I was with about the fate of the two main characters at the end of the story. As you can probably guess she didn't know the story and I felt terrible. So even 400 years is too recent for spoilers...

Andrew

GlenBarrington · 04-18-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by andyh2000

Bit late to this thread but I just had to add my experience. I was waiting in the queue at the cinema to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) and made an off-hand comment to the person I was with about the fate of the two main characters at the end of the story. As you can probably guess she didn't know the story and I felt terrible. So even 400 years is too recent for spoilers...

Andrew

Ahh! You shoulda told her, that in the end, we ALL die. Their deaths weren't unexpected, just a bit early.

4691mls · 04-18-2018, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by andyh2000

Bit late to this thread but I just had to add my experience. I was waiting in the queue at the cinema to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) and made an off-hand comment to the person I was with about the fate of the two main characters at the end of the story. As you can probably guess she didn't know the story and I felt terrible. So even 400 years is too recent for spoilers...

Andrew

We do get some younger people on MobileRead who may not yet have read the classics or seen older films. I figure it's just common courtesy to warn of spoilers ahead if you are reviewing a book of any age. How long does it really take to type "spoilers ahead"?

I once clicked on a thread in the Recommendations forum where someone asked if a specific book series was worth reading. The first several posts were general comments about whether it was good/well written/recommended. Then someone came into the thread and with no spoiler warning or tag, stated that he/she had stopped reading the series after [a specific thing one of the characters did]. As a result I didn't read the series, not because of what the character did but because I would know from the beginning what was coming.

As has been said upthread, a discussion thread is not the same thing as a review. If a thread is labeled as "discussion of Book by John Doe" I would know not to read the thread if I didn't want spoilers.

doubleshuffle · 04-18-2018, 03:19 PM

Come on, Romeo and Juliet is a friggin' tragedy. You know that the main characters are going to die when you read/see a tragedy. There's really nothing to spoil there.

gravity_ · 04-24-2018, 04:50 AM

I also don't think that this forum is for a book review. In the section "what I am currently reading" there are so many comments that you will get lost if you want to find a certain book. Maybe if someone did a thread just for that and updated the first post every time someone posted with grading and a short review it will be easier, but it seems a lot of work and might get crowded as well.

4691mls · 04-24-2018, 09:42 AM

I don't think one long thread where people kept adding new books would work. I think if someone wants to post a book review they could start a thread about that book in the Reading Recommendations forum.

I'm guessing most people won't bother to post a review here unless they come across a book that is either so terrific they can't wait to tell everyone about it or so bad they feel compelled to post a warning.

JSWolf · 04-24-2018, 11:33 AM

We have a spoiler code. USE IT!

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04-18-2018, 12:01 PM	#50
andyh2000 Avid reader Posts: 880 Karma: 6399168 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Kindle Paperwhite / TCL Nxtpaper 14	Bit late to this thread but I just had to add my experience. I was waiting in the queue at the cinema to see William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) and made an off-hand comment to the person I was with about the fate of the two main characters at the end of the story. As you can probably guess she didn't know the story and I felt terrible. So even 400 years is too recent for spoilers... Andrew

04-18-2018, 03:19 PM	#53
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Come on, Romeo and Juliet is a friggin' tragedy. You know that the main characters are going to die when you read/see a tragedy. There's really nothing to spoil there.

04-24-2018, 04:50 AM	#54
gravity_ Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Kindle, iPad 9.7-inch	I also don't think that this forum is for a book review. In the section "what I am currently reading" there are so many comments that you will get lost if you want to find a certain book. Maybe if someone did a thread just for that and updated the first post every time someone posted with grading and a short review it will be easier, but it seems a lot of work and might get crowded as well.

04-24-2018, 09:42 AM	#55
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	I don't think one long thread where people kept adding new books would work. I think if someone wants to post a book review they could start a thread about that book in the Reading Recommendations forum. I'm guessing most people won't bother to post a review here unless they come across a book that is either so terrific they can't wait to tell everyone about it or so bad they feel compelled to post a warning.

04-24-2018, 11:33 AM	#56
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,986 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	We have a spoiler code. USE IT!