First sentence of current book

[Aishwarya KG]

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'
From: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[Yearly Joy Besoy]

"The train whistle’s scream pierced through the silent night's cold air."

A walk through the grapes by David Jackson.

Who else thinks the sentence structure is a bit off?

The apostrophe should be in train, not whistle.
That's what sounds right to me.

Yup. Exactly!
And how about this:
The train's whistle screamed through the cold and silent night.
(This is my version)

The problem is the whole book was littered with awkward sentences like this and worse. It was a difficult read, though.

This is much better.
It sounds pleasing to the ears.
It's a wonder how you were able to read the whole book if that was the case.

[Thafheema Zaroony]

Never let it be said that I 'm one of those old biddies who spend their time watching other folks instead of minding their own business.
kalayla by jeannie nicholas

[Dylan Thomas]

The Otis elevator climbing the south pillar of the Eiffel Tower was overflowing with tourists.

Angels and Demons, Dan Brown

[Mountainbreeze23]

"On a certain day in June, 19__, a young man was making his way on foot northward from the great City to a town or place called Edgewood, that he had been told of but had never visited".
Little, Big ...John Crowley

[MarcellaM]

Death, the only thing in life that is guranteed.

Worldlines, Adam Guest.

[zayyyna]

life is too short to waste time on second class ambitiounes.

running the sahara .by Marcel nickler

[Caleb Fx]

"Death, the only thing in life that is guaranteed."
Woldlines by Adam Guest

[Natalia Nazeem]

"You want to hear a joke?"

The Hollywood Spiral, Paul Neilan.

[Sasha_100]

"Ash fell the sky."

[Laksha Maria Charbel]

Jesse Hunt, exhausted and sweaty, dropped the last of the packing boxes on the dining room carpet.
"The perfect wife: A Jessie Hunt psychological suspense." (Book 1) by Blake Pierce.

[Smmwallace]

So, I'm standing there, in the middle of this ancient kingdom called Oregon, looking for artifacts.

Cosmander and The Crown by Meade Summers.

[Wandering_books]

"The loss of our loved ones is a painful experience that changes the rest of our lives." - Living Forward after loss by Kathleen Ho.

[Cindy Dee]

"Susan Sullivan was on her way to meet the one person she was most scared of."

- The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney

[Suzer6440 xyz]

A sister can be seen as a version of ourselves and very much not ourselves, a special kind of double .