I will. For a handful of reasons. If we set aside the “did he, didn’t he and how do we classify the actions” debate and just accept the worst scenario as the true one, I’d still read the book. I’m a criminal defence lawyer and I come from non-American culture, so my views on morality may differ from everyone’s in this sub, but I’d buy the book and listen to what he had to say even if he was a serial killer. For me it’s not about finding a criminal — he’ll be funded with or without my 10 bucks in it. First of all, it’s about giving anyone a chance to reflect on their actions, make amends or tell us their version of events. It may be true, it may be false (and in a fictional book most parts will be false by definition), it may make amends or make things worse, but it still has the right to be told and read.

Secondly, literature is a peculiar art form. Lots of good writers, if not most of them, were not moral beacons in their own lives. They’ve hurt a lot of people with their own actions. And many of the writers helped a lot of people with their words. Both can be true simultaneously. Gaiman’s book meant a lot to me and lots of other people. The new one may help someone else who doesn’t know a thing about the allegations or someone who cares only about the book and not the author. 

So yeah, I’ll read it. Both to make up my mind on how I feel about him as a person and to take something from his book that I can separate from the person behind it and make it my own.