T5W 6/24/15 ; Top 5 Characters You Wish You Could Drown

6/24/15- Top 5 Characters You Wish You Could Drown

5. Mortmain from The Infernal Devices

My hatred for Mortmain can finally be expressed! So, where to start? Throughout the entire series, Mortmain is so evil and manipulative but don't get me wrong, I love a good villain, but he was so frustrating! He was insanely cruel to Tessa and all the other characters, but especially in Clockwork Princess. I don't want any spoilers in this, as I want everyone to be able to read this, but seriously if I had to opportunity to throw Mortmain into a lake and knew he couldn't swim, I would without hesitation. All of his actions in these novels were in excusable and frankly, I hate him!

 4. Thiago from Daughter of Smoke & Bone (And DoBaS)

Again, where to start with Thiago? He was such a cruel and manipulative character! The way he treated the other Chimara and Karou aggravated me soso much. Most of all, I kind of hate it when the villain pretends to be the good guy. Like honestly if you are gonna be the bad guy, own up to it. PLAY THE ROLE OF A VILLAIN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Don't sit on the sidelines and have the reader question your motives, own up to them! Not only this, but like I said earlier, Thiago is cruel, careless, and a straight up douche. Once more, if I got the opportunity to push into a deadly rocky stream I would. (And I'd make sure there was no one around to resurrect him. Because seriously he's come back like 15 times. Leave already.)

3. The Commandant from An Ember In The Ashes

THE COMMANDANT NEEDS TO GO SHE JUST NEEDS TO GO. Literally one of the female characters I have hated the most, and I generally dislike a whole lot of characters, but I HATED the Commandant. Her entire system of punishment was insanely cruel and her PERSONALITY. UGH. She's so crazy! What women does that to her own son?!?! (Not posting what she did of course or to who because, that my friends, would be a spoiler.) But honestly! I completely and utterly hated her. As well, every single interaction she had with our main characters left we scared that she would randomly submit them to some kind of insane punishment. (Which she did a few times. And I hate her for it.) So yes, THE COMMANDANT NEEDS TO FALL OFF OF A CLIFF INTO A ROCKY RIVER. Hopefully she can't swim. I don't think they teach that at Blackcliff. 

2. Eleanor's Stepdad from Eleanor and Park

So, this is kind of a minor character that most people wouldn't think to put on their lists. But I had too. I was sat there in front of my bookshelf trying to figure out another character for this list when I thought of it. And I knew Eleanor's step-father had to be on this list. My hatred for Richie is so intense that once I thought of putting him on this list, I literally shook with anger. Richie has absolutely no redeemable qualities. Not even one. The things he did to Eleanor and said to her made me what to vomit. Reading this book, I contemplated throwing it against a wall several times when Richie spoke. Actually, almost every time. Of all the books I've read, I've never read about such an evil and vile character who did such terrible things as Richie did. (Well except for my #1 character.) So while Richie was a character in a contemporary novel, the things he did kind of made me demote him from even being considered a human being. Or even a slightly respectable one. And to answer the question, yeah, I'd let him drown.

1. Jude Lowe from The Mara Dyer Trilogy 

I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU. Okay I feel better now. So, to repeat what I said for Richie. Jude Lowe is a terrible "human" being who I despise with a passion. He put Mara through so much undeserved crap and basically had her sleeping with one eye open for quite a while. Like all the other characters on this list, he's cruel and manipulative and terrible. Every scene he was in, whether is was a flashback or a real time scene, it made me feel like I should throw the book across the room and burn it. (Which I would never ever do. It's my favorite series of all time.) He was vile and insane, and even though we eventually came to know why he was they way, it still doesn't make his actions anywhere close to inexcusable. And to finally end this T5W (which kind of turned into a rant??), yes I would so totally drop Jude Lowe into a pool if he couldn't swim. And I would probably let Mara have the satisfaction of doing it.



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