Spark Notes and You

I read these spark notes and I have to admit, they kinda do give some answers to anything that the teacher could give you to quiz on and the analysis after the summary does give some good ideas on what the author meant to write about. If you need to review really quick on a few chapters before a test or quiz then spark notes can work wonders. I have to admit that I have used that tactic many times but I have to add that it pales in comparison to reading the entire book. Spark notes serve as a review or a summary of the book and can leave out many smaller things that add to the book's character. The book has more description and goes into much greater detail when it comes to telling the story. I'd never read spark notes for a book that I want to read for pleasure. You miss many actual plot details when reading the spark notes. To compare something to spark notes, it is much like watching a movie or seeing a stack of pictures with a small paragraph to describe whats happening in each scene. To sum everything up, spark notes has its benefits in some situations but is not a substitute to reading the full book.