I asked this question elsewhere and quite a few people related to the emotional vulnerability aspect, but it's an argument I understand but don't feel, if that makes sense. I can undersatnd and empathise with them, but even when I was ill withdepression and my breakdown I never read teh back of a book - I chose the books I was reading carefully, and often reverted to books I'd read before though, so it makes a sort of sense.

I've given up on books before, I had one last year when the main character was just unlikeable and the whole premise was just too unsettling for me, every time I read a chapter my stomach would roil and in the end I gave in, realising I wasn't enjoying the experience at all. Sometimes I go back to a book, I can't see me going back to that one though.

I'm like you though, And wouldn't read the end, or hunt down spoilers to avoid heartache, that's part of (life) reading and beside if you lose teh suprise heartache you also lose the suprise glee and shock or good moments!

(it was your long reading post that inspired me to post about this btw!)