I'm not one of those people who feels like I have to finish every book I start, so if a book doesn't catch my fancy pretty quick, I'll probably drop it…
… but the opening line that sticks in my head - literal decades since the last time I read it - is from Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick: I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it… (I looked it up to confirm the punctuation and I remembered it word for word, all of these years later.)
The book I initially struggled to get into but absolutely adored is The Golden Compass because I was 12 or so and confused and impatient for the narrator to explain what a dæmon is. I'm glad I stuck it out!
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Date: 2025-05-02 07:39 am (UTC)… but the opening line that sticks in my head - literal decades since the last time I read it - is from Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick: (I looked it up to confirm the punctuation and I remembered it word for word, all of these years later.)
The book I initially struggled to get into but absolutely adored is The Golden Compass because I was 12 or so and confused and impatient for the narrator to explain what a dæmon is. I'm glad I stuck it out!