The resurrection of “And… Discuss!” – let’s talk spoilers in reviews!

Here’s where I tell you my thoughts!

Let’s be honest, I’m anti-spoiler. If you don’t hide your spoilers behind a page break, or at least warn me to skip a paragraph that might potentially give away something huge, you’ll have me seeing red for a while. This is actually one of the main reasons I didn’t read reviews of books I planned on reading for a long time. Nothing made me more upset than finding out that a main character died in a spectacular manner, or that our lovely heroine chose Boy A over Boy B.


However, there are exceptions! Here’s where that little wiggle room comes in. 


If it’s a book that I don’t plan on reading, or won’t get to for a long time (because let’s be serious, TBR MOUNTAIN is large), I tend to be a little more forgiving. Also, if it’s a review for a second/third/fifteenth book in a series, I don’t blame a reviewer. It’s really tough sometimes to review a book further into a series without giving something away, even if you only hint at it accidentally. Sure, I could skip that review altogether. Sometimes though, those reviews are what make me eager to start a new series in the first place.


You’ll see in my reviews a lot that I mention they’ll be vague or  that I’ll say “I won’t spoil it for you…” because that’s my defense mechanism against writing something I really want to share. I try. I really do.