I don't think I've ever done this before.

[rachelmanija]

Poll #30106

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I just ripped several pages out of a book. Guess why.

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Some squashed a spider in the index.
11 (8.9%)

It has a pull-out splash page that's a color image of a clown made of human teeth.
21 (17.1%)

It contains an insert that's an ad for cigarettes.
12 (9.8%)

The author's afterword is an extended racist joke calling a Japanese man "Mr.Teriyaki."
29 (23.6%)

It's a mystery novel with an introduction that spoils the mystery.
20 (16.3%)

The author's afterword is a long complaint about#MeToo ruining sex for everyone.
30 (24.4%)

Comments

[greenwoodside]

With option 2 (the clown) I think I'd just scream and run away.

Guessed final option. You said 'several pages' which would seem to rule out the first three options. Option 5 -- an unfortunately large number of classic and classic-adjacent novels have forewords that spoil the plot. I guess the reviewers assume that the readership is too high-brow to care about the PLOT TWISTS yay I'm way over thirty and still love my plot twists. Gimme. But at a guess you like me have learned to read the foreword after reading the rest of the book.

Option 4: that would be a very long racist joke. Would also be tempted in my case to just write 'what a horrible unfunny attempt at humour this is' in the margin, though am not usually a creator of marginalia.

Option 6: it's a long complaint and seems to take up most of the afterword, which would explain nuking the whole section.