Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s is Villians (favorite, best, worst, lovable, creepiest, most evil, etc.) . I am going with Favorite Villains. They kind of encompass the best, worst, lovable, creepiest, most evil all in one. Here they are!
1. Grizz
Nine Minutes Trilogy
Author: Beth Flynn
I think I must have had Stockholm syndrome just like Ginny because I somehow ended up loving Grizz even though I should have hated him.
2. Amy
Gone Girl
Author: Gillian Flynn
Amy is one of those villains you can’t help but love to hate. She’s crafty and horrible, but you just can’t hate on her genius. Or at least I can’t. Without her, this book would have been BORING.
3. President Snow
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Author: Suzanne Collins
President Snow gets a spot on this list simply because the description of the roses and blood… Just ick! He creeped me out and was utterly memorable.
4. Anthony Bear
The Iron Tiara (and Nine Minutes Trilogy)
Author: Beth Flynn
Beth Flynn knows how to write a villain. She can make you fall in love with someone who you know you should hate. Anthony Bear is another Grizz.
5. Nate DeLuca
Combative Series
Author: Jay McLean
All I can say is I love Nate DeLuca when I should be hating him.
6. Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
This might seem like an odd choice, but in my mind Evelyn Hugo is a villain. She used methods only a villain would use to get what she wanted. I loved hating her!
7. Fig Coxbury
Bad Mommy
Tarryn Fisher
Fig might just be my favorite psycho ever.
8. Hannibal Lector
Hannibal Lector Series
Author: Thomas Harris
There is no one quite as creepy and gross as Hannibal Lector. Eating people. EWWWW!
9. Kaz
Six of Crows Duology
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Kaz is like a modern day Robin Hood. He’s guilty of some sins, but his are for the good of many. That’s why he makes my list.
10. Spontaneous Combustion
Spontaneous
Author: Aaron Starmer
I chose spontaneous combustion because it’s horrifying to think of people spontaneously combusting, yet unique.
I still need to read Six of Crows!
Yes, you do! It’s one of the fantasy novels I actually wanted to read and loved.
I actually have the paperback sitting on my shelf!
Sometimes those paperbacks on the bookshelf are the hardest ones for me to pick up. No idea why.
Same here! I always say that I’ll get to them next week, but never really do.
Same!
Who doesn’t love Kaz? Love that you have Amy from Gone Girl on your list. That book is so twisted, but I kind of really liked what the author did with this character.
I did, too. For some reason I liked Amy more than Nick. LOL
Me too. They were both awful, but Amy was my kind of evil.
Grizz….ugh i HATED him!!!!
Really? He grew on me. I shouldn’t have liked his character, but I did.
I wanted to slap him with a wet fish ?
I definitely love to hate Amy from Gone Girl. And I just plain out love Kaz Brekker. Like, a lot.
Amy is a *fantastic* villain!! She’s definitely a genius (even if she’s perfectly hateable) President Snow is completely sick! Ah I love how you describe Kaz as a Robin Hood figure 🙂
I haven’t been able to get through Gone Girl – haven’t been in the mood for it yet. Based on my understanding of the plot, I can see why she’s on so many lists though!
I love Kaz! He walks such a fine line between villain and anti-hero!
I actually thought Gone Girl was super boring for the first half of the book. I recommend pushing through to get to the good part. 🙂
I love a great villain! I total agree with you about Amy. Gone Girl would have fallen flat without her. Now I am intrigued to know more about Evelyn and her seven husbands. 😉
Evelyn is one of those characters you love to hate. 🙂
I have Spontaneous on my TBR, it sounds so interesting. Fig was so creepy in Bad Mommy.
Yes, she was! She’s one of my favorite bad girls. 🙂
Kaz is a great one. Yes, Amy is totally twisted, but like you, I couldn’t help but admire her genius! Ugh President Snow was so creepy.
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I love that you chose villains you actually loved!! I also laughed at your last entry… Spontaneous combustion is definitely a unique villain.
Why, thank you! I’m happy I could make you laugh! 🙂
I love that Amy has appeared in so many lists. She’s brilliant 😀 but awful!
A bunch of these books are on my TBR List. I agree about Amy. She’s horrible!
That’s awesome! I hope you love them when you get to them!
President Snow really was a great villain!! I need to go rewatch that series. I’ve also been thinking of rewatching Twilight.
Thank you!