Most of the time I prefer to be surprised, when it comes to stories. With movies the suspense is made so much greater by the background music, etc., and I usually end up leaving the room (videos at home) till the suspenseful scene is over and I know what happened, lol. But with books, there's only been a couple where I read ahead. If I'm not sure if the ending will be happy, or I know someone's going to die but I want to be prepared for it ahead of time, I might check the ending to know. It's not as much fun reading then, but in those circumstances, I really didn't want to be unpleasantly surprised by the shock. There's only been a few times where I wish I would have known the ending first, so I'm usually fine.
