Well-Read Reviews has created a Meme for Fridays:
The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy. Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page. Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph. Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
ISBN: 9780061703256
"I haven't laid eyes on the island in several years."
The first sentence did not help draw me into the story. It is part of the prologue, which I found to be somewhat dry...kind of how I'm finding the book right now. However, as I have delved further into the book I am seeing the author set the stage for what is to come. So in my mind its ok that it didn't draw me in at first because I'm hoping for better things to come.
I can see what you mean! I do wonder what is going to happen though!
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It doesn't really seem like a very interesting line, does it?
ReplyDeleteAlthough, my first thought after reading it was, "Why hasn't this person seen the island in several years?"