Have you ever like, read books? Why on earth would you think the title of a piece needs to call to anything but a general emotion from the story?

> Wow, that was quite a lot of cryptic build-up.

Yes, they were building suspense and telling an interesting story. It's a long form article, not a 30-word tweet. Jesus.

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bee_rider 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It might be a nice truecrime story (I’m not sure actually, they aren’t my cup of tea). I read along figuring it’d have some HN-related twist eventually, but it didn’t. So I thought I’d provide a heads up.

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JRandomHacker42 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've seen this attitude on HN all the time - the concept of "a narrative hook" is apparently a foreign concept here

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simulator5g 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Clickbaiters abused the concept of a hook until the hook itself was seen as clickbaity.

	▲	natpalmer1776 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Damn near a whole generation estranged from basic literary convention due to its horrendous abuse.

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nilslindemann 13 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

"Narrative hook" is more often than not a sign of a weak writer. The story could also have started with: "Before they learned that their father was a drug dealer, the following happened:"