>want to read book >not sure whether to read introduction

so this is a "top 10 excuses to avoid reading" thread

- I can't focus on the book because I got some work to do, so I stay there thinking about work instead of reading.

I'd argue that an introduction that gives you a set of pre-packaged categories with which you can interpret the rest of the text is more harmful than a spoiler, but I try to read them and form my own opinion (if I can) nonetheless, as you could miss some fairly important and/or interesting context.

>>9237558
Skim through it

>>9237665
Well this book I'm about to read now, the introduction is 84 pages long. So I'm thinking perhaps it could could be be quite important. Plus it's from Ancient Greece so having context and such could be very useful in this case...

>>9237701
What is it. Come on now, don't be secretive. Anyway, you probably want to read it, yeah. "Plot" didn't really mean the same for the Greeks as it does to us and beside that, if you're reading them today you've probably absorbed the overall narrative scheme already by cultural osmosis.

>>9237737
It's a collection of plays by Aeschylus.

I understand that plot isn't everything because writing and other things matter too, but it's still important. Plus it helps to keep me motivated because it's not as fun if I already know everything that's going to happen. I read for knowledge and entertainment, not just to impress my online friends after all.

>>9237752
Do whatever you like then anon: if plot is important for you, for whatever reason, skip the intro and read it later. I wouldn't do that, but that's because I've a fundamentally different idea of reading. Anyway, you're gonna read something good so maybe getting right down to it IS the best way to do things, after all