Something that you may like to add on to your defense...
The success of any creative work depends to a degree on the audience's willing suspension of disbelief.. the audience should be willing to temporarily drop their prejudices and beliefs and be carried along by the story...when that does not happen, there can be no entertainment,,,,
btw, loved that bit about reading the synopsis or the last page...actually, I like to read the last page first too...but still go back to reading it from the beginning...I hate suspense 😆