A phrase in Castellano

Question

I went to this website link text and found the following text.

una obra adictiva y pasional sobre los pasadizos de la memoria y el embrujo de los libros ...no dejes que te la cuenten

Ive got an addictive and passionate work about the /passages/corridors of memory and the spell/enchantment/magic of books ................do not let them tell it

Could a native speaker tell me how the translation looks in English? I'm not happy with this phrase:

no dejes que te la cuenten

What's the intention here? Is it something like don't miss being told it?

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Could it mean "don't leave them to tell you about it", in other words "you must read it for yourself"?

great answer sally, look at mine, wonderful!! - 00494d19, May 27, 2011

Yes I should have shown more faith!! - lagartijaverde, May 27, 2011

Thanks very much for your help by the way - lagartijaverde, May 27, 2011

I heard the emphasis on 'must' in my head but didn't put it down, that would have helped, Birdy. De nada. :) - galsally, May 28, 2011

Answer 2

no dejes que te la cuenten

Literal translation does not work here

this means: You MUST read this for yourself

Great stuff Heidi that's more like it. I had the sense but the language freaked me. - lagartijaverde, May 27, 2011

Answer 3

Don't let them tell you about it, so you experience it without any influence, unbiassedly. The rest of the translation sounds pretty good.

Answer 4

HI birdy, please accept sally, her answer was given before mine, her Spanish is just out of this world

Done - lagartijaverde, May 27, 2011

Answer 5

Don't let them tell you about it..... you must read it for yoursel

Yeah, I think it's something like that but the phrase is nagging at me. There's something odd about the phrasing of it.

Thanks for your answers by the way.