Read it for the first line

[Dreamer]

Since we already have a "read it for the quote" thread, I thought it would be nice to also do a "read it for the first line" thread. Here you just try to convince others to read a book you loved based on its first line! (I'm prepared to see hooking first lines)


A reminder! First lines aren't usually considered spoilers, but in case you don't want to know them before starting the book, you probably shouldn't move on in this thread.

[Cass (all too tired)]

This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II

Alex Maki is in church when his world shatters.

[Dreamer]

The Secret History

The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.

[Dreamer]

The Bell Jar

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.