The Opening Lines Of My Favourite Books
Not literary genius by any stretch but cracking first lines
This was inspired by Marrisa W. as I was reading through for some book prompts. I read in one about a challenge Marrisa got through Instagram. Intrigued I read her favourite book opening lines.
Here are my offerings enjoy:
“There once was a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.” –Stardust by Neil Gaiman
This was a case of saw the film first then realised it was a book. The opening line does draw you in. It is a beautiful book about learning what you thought you wanted. Isn’t really what you want or need at all. The power of choices and how they can lead us down a path we don’t need. Also how what we want the most can come at times when we are not looking.
In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in the Times. — And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
This book isn’t on many peoples list of favourite Agatha Christie books. I was hooked from the first line. Drawn in by curiosity of where this was going to go. I feel personally that it does not disappoint. I am normally quite good at figuring out the killer/killers. This book was tricky the characters intriguing the ending not expected.
Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick. — The Shining by Stephen King
The Shining is an amazing book. The decent into madness small, subtle then smacks you in the face. It is a typical Stephen King book but the complex weaving of the story. Coupled with immense creepiness meant I could never read it at night. The fact is that this could happen to any of us, it is a stark reality.
Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own. He stared up in terror at the dark figure looming over him. “What do you want!” — Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown
This book is a page turner, there are twists and turns never expected. I have read a few Dan Brown. He has a very subtle way of making you look left when something important is happening to the right. I read this twice and saw things I had missed the first time.
Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms) This looks like a stunning series. One I have never read (but I’m about too). Thank you Jane for the introduction.
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