Have you ever 'Cheated' while reading a novel?

I do sometimes get compulsions from inside me!! To cheat and just go "fastforward" some pages ...lol!! Just to be in hurry to find the end. Sometimes I even tend to "do" that.But after that I feel like I missed something, fastforwarding some pages of your novel takes away the real feeling of the story!! SO I prefer go back again read them first!! hehe !! Some times I do feel like that why are they killing my fav character its crule!! lol But thats so dramatic!!

i do that!!! hahaha! i dunnoh but it seems that reading also brings out some of our personality. in my case, im an impatient person and so if there's an idle part of the novel im reading, i tend to flick a few pages ahead to see what happens next. hehe. i dunnoh but maybe it makes me more eager to read fast all those idle parts so i would reach the exciting part. haha. im such a suspense-killer, ain't i? but it's a totally different case if i read sidney sheldon novels. i don't do it. for me, sidney sheldon doesn't have any idle parts. his books just kept me hanging. :)

I was reading this book. The blurb sounded so good, but the story was dragging & dragging. So, I skipped to the end to see what happened. I'll tell you want - I couldn't figure out how the writer got from this boring story to the end so I actually had to finish the book. The story was pretty good, but the writing was BAD. Its a pity that the writing was so bad that I nearly put it down.

Can't recall if I had. But even if I had, I normally don't. I like the suspense lol. Only if I need to stop reading (maybe because it is near my bed time) and I want to finish a particular mini-story in the story would I flip forward to see if how many pages I have to go.

I never do this with novels that I read, but I do when watching movies on DVD. I fast forward the scenes just to see what will happen to the hero, how he would escape his predicament (of course we all know that the hero will eventually escape; I want to know how). I find it more enjoyable reading when I read without advancing to find out what will really happen because if I peek in to the next pages just to find out, then it spoils the fun and excitement. Reading a novel or any book is just like chewing food slowly and savoring all its tastes. A movie on the other hand, while it has its own merit, is like shoving food into your mouth and hurrying to swallow all of it. In this way, for me, fast forwarding it will ease the suspense and not let me choke on what I am seeing on the screen.

Depends on the novel actually. If it had a good storyline, I defenetly won't do this even if I was very tempted. I'll make sure I read it every line so I won't missed a things. It's different with reading some romance novel. If I was bored with the storyline, i made a faster reading, off course by flick a few pages or passed a few lines. Why I do that, because I already know what kind of ending on that novel...

there will be no thrill ,if we skip some pages while reading novels. we'll get thrilled only when we completely experience the true essence of the novel.

No,i've never done this.Cause i want to compelete a novel without any interuption once i started.I don't like know the outcome of the stroy ahead.

I have to admit I have done this sometimes but not very often. I wouldn't do it if I was really enjoying the book. If the writing is quite long, drawn out and uninteresting then perhaps I would sneak a peek a few pages further on to see how it develops. In fact I have even peeked at the ending to see if it was all worthwhile. Not on my favourite books though, I would be enjoying it too much to spoil the ride.

No, most of time i just enjoy the process of reading a book from the first page to the last one without jumping to the last chapter to see what the outcome is. I think to see how the plot is set and how the characters's fate are developing is more is much more attracting for me than just having known the outcome of the story.

i don't think I've ever done that. cos it spoils the whole point of reading. but I have abandoned books before. cos they were too boring to read. or too meaningless, or the writer was really bad. but if the story is exciting. i will read to the end. and read even more quickly. and relish the ending more!

I read quite a bit but for me.I would have a hard time understanding the book if I skipped to the end.

this is something i haven't done yet. luckily for me i still haven't come across a book that i had to skip a chapter or two. although i did come across a few books that i did not read through the end because it was such a drag.

No I wont.. I dont like to spoil all the fun. Actually, just once. It was when i was reading this book but its not like the normal book, its like a game book. You can choose which actions to choose and each actions leads you to another action..

yes, i've done it before... i am an impatient person and sometimes curiosity just got the better of me and i just want to know the ending straight away... but i didn't do it often... usually, i read the book from the beginning right to the end page by page so that i can follow the whole story and the excitement... otherwise, there is no point in reading the book if i already know how it is going to end...

Actually, I can't think of a book where I DIDN'T skip ahead. Usually when I browse through books at the store or the library, I'll read the first page or two and then skip to the end and read the last page before I decide whether I want to buy or borrow the book. It wasn't that anything was all that important, I just have always read the end of books first.

never. i don't wanna miss a thingLOL! i care about the adventures more than the endings. from the first few pages i can say that i would enjoy reading that book or not. i stay away from those books with confusing and dragging first chapters.

I will say yes if it comes to boring books as just wanted to getrid of them and give them a quick end so skip the mid section and read the last and than The End, but as far as other interesting specially mystery,suspense kind of books ,i dont think i'll ever do that as it will just take away the fun part out of it and than it becomes boring aswell.

Noo way! I would never want to give away anything to myself. Sometimes I try to not even read the back cover because I'm afraid it will give away a surprise in the story. I always make sure I read from start to finish and never ever look ahead, especially the last page! Sometimes I get tempted, wondering what the last page says, but I know I would be really mad at myself if I peeked.

I have never done so. Because I think doing so will break the novel and you will not really get to know what the writer's gonne tell. You are not really enjoying the book if you do so.