"The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault." Harry Dresden
Blood Rites
Jim Butcher
I love this quote because in a single sentence draws the reader into the novel and if they had not read any of the other ones it sums up the usual problems faced by the character. The sentence is placed perfectly because it is the opening line of the book and has no context pointing to it therefore standing on its own serves as a hook for the book itself. The structure of the sentence is fairly simple with no overt attempts to improve on it and keeps in tone with the story and the established writing style of the character who is supposed to be writing about his own experiences. Highly recommend the books to anyone who is interested in reading.
Zach Schaffer
This truly is a great opening line for a book (for anything!). I think that there is an art to the hook that is very hard to master. It is simply too easy to go too far and anything that doesn't go far enough is just an opening, and not a hook. I like to use hooks like these to create Found poetry or as Facebook status updates. Good stuff.
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