One Liners is a weekly feature where we look at a novel’s first line as if it were a pick up line. We’ve all heard the saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” The first line in a book is equally important as the last since it sets the tone and often will either make an impression or not. Let’s face it, it’s a little like dating. Will that guy with the cheesy pick up line score a number or not? So, I began to think…if the first line in a book was a pick up line, would you give it your number, agree to a date, let it buy you a drink, or do you walk away?
Today’s book is Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl.
Without reading the synopsis or anything else, what’s the verdict? Are you intrigued or walk away? Maybe flirt a little to see where it goes?
anna@herding cats & burning soup
LOL that’s a different opener. ::snort:: It would have me a bit curious where it was going 🙂
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Ashley LaMar
Yes! It hooks me. Then again, this book is already on my Kindle and waiting to be read.
Ashley @ Closed the Cover
I loved that first line! It certainly hooked me when I read the book. Another one I love is the first line of Safe Keeping by Barbara Taylor Sissel. That one begins, “My son is a murderer….”
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