I'm easy with novels. All of these would take me on to at least the end of a first page (of course, the only novel of yours I've read I was utterly unable to put down, which is why I haven't read another -- it was long and I lost a day! Someday on vacation though, I promise :-)
The only line on the above list that doesn't grab me is "The autumn day was as hot as any in recent memory." All of the other introduce a character or a place or hook a 'What's this about then?' interest.
In general, a novel has to get me by about page 2 or 3, and at least by the end of the first chapter, or I toss it.
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Date: 2008-07-24 12:59 pm (UTC)The only line on the above list that doesn't grab me is "The autumn day was as hot as any in recent memory." All of the other introduce a character or a place or hook a 'What's this about then?' interest.
In general, a novel has to get me by about page 2 or 3, and at least by the end of the first chapter, or I toss it.