{"id":1446438,"date":"2021-02-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1446438"},"modified":"2021-02-15T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:18:11","slug":"8-of-the-worst-opening-lines-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/8-of-the-worst-opening-lines-in-books\/","title":{"rendered":"8 of the Worst Opening Lines in Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/lotrmoviesrankedMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first sentence in a book is like a pick-up line. If it&#8217;s memorable, the other person will be captivated, engaged, intrigued. Fail and you&#8217;ll either become a joke for all eternity, or be forgotten completely. (And you can forget about scoring a date.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one would fall for these opening lines. Take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first sentence in a book is like a pick-up line. If it&#8217;s memorable, the other person will be captivated, engaged, intrigued. Fail and you&#8217;ll either become a joke for all eternity, or be forgotten   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[25217,2335,25215,25216],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446438"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446439,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446438\/revisions\/1446439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}