What makes a first sentence good or bad?

>>9619590
Hwat! makes a first sentence good, never bad.

>>9619590
if it gives some hook/intrigue, introduce one or more characters, gives who is pov for scene, reveals some place and time detail, has some sort of action/motion = it's good

if it is boring fucking exposition or thinking/naval-gazing or some fag waking up or the weather or just fucking boring without at least a hint of tension / conflict / hook = it's bad

>>9619590
"The rain was beating against the window."

Can't go wrong with that.

>>9619862
Your gf was beating my dick.
Can't go wrong with that either

>>9619866
No sir!

>>9619590
A good first sentence really hooks your reader. Just imagine they're in a bookstore and happen across your book, and open to the first page – will it convince them to buy it?

Examples of bland, generic sentences that would never stick:
>Call me Ishmael

The sound of a crash is rarely a good thing.

is it written by a holy madman

or is it not