So last week I posted a Friday 56 for Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel. I’ve been
having some trouble staying with books lately (I’ve abandoned three in the last week), and Every Hidden Thing was one of them. Hopefully I’ll come back to it soon.
So let’s take a look at the beginning of The Sellout. Is this enough to draw you in? (Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader)
This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I’ve never stolen anything. Never cheated on my taxes or at cards. Never snuck into the movies or failed to give back the extra change to a drugstore cashier indifferent to the ways of mercantilism and minimum-wage expectations. I’ve never burgled a house. Held up a liquor store. Never boarded a crowded bus or subway car…
And it goes on in similar fashion. The interesting thing about the narrative is how linear it is NOT. I think if readers go in with the expectation that they’re going to get a straight-forward narrative, they’re going to be sorely disappointed.
I’m not to this point in the story yet, but here’s what’s happening at 56% in my Kindle copy of The Sellout. (The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda over at Freda’s Voice.)
Leave your links in the comments and I’ll be sure to visit. Happy reading!
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