I mean, come on, really

There are times in today's culture when we are not given an opportunity to allow our imaginations to roam, fill in spaces and gaps based on our own experiences and expecations, anticipate what happens next, who dunnit, etc.

This happens all too often in movie trailers that give away so much of the movie you feel like you've already watched it.

Sometimes reading the back of the book means you are practically told the entire plot of the novel.

Spoilers of television shows are rampant on the net.

And then there are is this book blurb:

Michael Ondaatje’s eagerly anticipated new novel, Divisadero, unravels a haunting story that ranges from northern California to central France, introducing characters who become part of our own lives. Divisadero brings together all of the elements for which Michael Ondaatje’s fiction is celebrated.

What the? How am I supposed to know what the book is about and whether or not I want to read it? Come on people!

And yet I am intrigued. Darn you Ondaatje book people!