Comments on: First Impressions—Flashback Edition

By: Mark Sheehan

Mark Sheehan — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:37:30 +0000

Grab a copy of the new book from Norb Vonnegut if you like opeing grabbers; I got a review copy and its not, my type of book but I landed on the sofa and only put the thing down to use the head, top off my coffee cup and feed the dog… I’ve now gone baack in to read the other Vonnegut books and I think he holds a formula for locking and loading readers from the start. Mark in Sydney Australia

By: jenn aka the picky girl

jenn aka the picky girl — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:15:17 +0000

I’ve read the first and third (and actually got Prisoner of Heaven last week) and loved them.

That Gillian Flynn DEFINITELY grabs me, and I’ve heard such good things about her, I need to get busy and read her!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:09:59 +0000

Oh, good to hear you're moving it up! Then you can move right on to Prisoner of Heaven. Which is lucky, since I had to wait years.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:07:43 +0000

I was afraid when I looked them up that they somehow wouldn’t hold up. I needn’t have worried.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:05:47 +0000

All three great openings, nice to see they lived up. I’ve read two of the three. Dark Places was a throat-grabber (and I don’t find that happens to me that often) and I found myself highlighting like a madwoman from page 1. TTW I read long ago, so don’t really remember the opening, but it would make me want to read the book if I were looking at it for the first time.

SOTW. As you know, this one is in my TBR. In fact, it’s going on the next cycle of my PCN-inspired (nay, imposed?) reading regime. This opening makes me even more interested to get there.

Thanks for the look back!

By: Naomi Johnson

Naomi Johnson — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:57:10 +0000

Wow, no wonder these are among your faves. Great openings, all of them.