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9 Book Villains You Love to Hate
Sometimes it's just better (or at least more fun) to be bad…. Last week we asked on Facebook and Twitter: Who's your favorite book villain? Your top answers are below!
It by Stephen King
"The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth… Then the clown's face changed."
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
"She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love."
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
"His face was unshaven, and rather than two eyebrows, like most human beings have, he had just one long one. His eyes were very, very shiny, which made him look both hungry and angry."
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
"I don't feel sad…. I don't feel scared…. I don't feel happy. I'm just…here. That's my strength. That's why I'm alive. You tell me I have to crush a field of babies to keep breathing? Sure."
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
"Levana's face was fiercely beautiful. Breathtaking in her viciousness."
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
"He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson…. He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them."
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
"They found Professor Umbridge already seated at the teacher's desk, wearing the fluffy pink cardigan of the night before and the black velvet bow on top of her head. Harry was again reminded forcibly of a large fly perched unwisely on top of an even larger toad."
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
"The wary dislike stamped on his face was mingled with a touch of superstitious awe. After all, when you turn someone out into the midst of a pack of wolves on a cold winter evening, you rather expect them to cooperate by being eaten forthwith."
The Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
"The Darkling slumped back in his chair. 'Fine,' he said with a weary shrug. 'Make me your villain.'
Did we miss your favorite book villain? Tell us about him or her (or it!) in the comments.
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These are perfect choices! I was definitely not expecting to see creepy Randall here, or sympathetic and complicated ones like Cersei and Darkling. But what sells it to me is that Umbridge, not Voldemort, is on this list ♥
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The Lord of Shadows from The Three Doors Trilogy by Emily Rodda scared me stiff. What was so impressive is you never saw him, but just his voice could trap or kill people.Also, where are the villains from Lord of the Rings? They deserve at least a nod.
The White Witch.They probably weren't even on the list to get voted on, Abigail. Re: LOTR's villians.
I honestly hated and loved the Darkling.I cried when he died but at the same time I thought that was what he deserved. I think after Alina lost her powers he broke even further. At the end all he wanted was to be remembered and not hated by at least one person.
Graham Mallet (Gabriel) from the Lymond series by the superlative Dorothy Dunnett
the Darkling is the best of villains!!!!
Kashmira wrote: "These are perfect choices! I was definitely not expecting to see creepy Randall here, or sympathetic and complicated ones like Cersei and Darkling. But what sells it to me is that Umbridge, not Vol..."
I agree! At least Voldemort will just kill you; Umbridge will ruin your very existence and make you not want to live.
I agree! At least Voldemort will just kill you; Umbridge will ruin your very existence and make you not want to live.
Moriarty seems to have no followers here... And originally he was really present only in a single Sherlock story.But what about Gerald Tarrant from Coldfire trilogy? If he isn not a likeable villain, no one is.
Aleran High Lord Lord Attis Aquitaine in the Codex Alera series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_A...
Levana and Moriarty are amazing villains. . . but speaking of it, IT from the A Wrinkle in Time series is a very interesting villain as well, and of course the Dark from The Dark is Rising Series.
Perhaps a technicality, but I would vote for Severus Snape.
As soon as I saw Dolores's name, I had this burning hate in my gut for her...
Octavian from Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan is one of my favorite villains but my top fav like #1 is Queen Levana from the Lunar Chronicles by Merissa Meyer.
How about the Middle-earth villains like Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman, Smaug and Wormtongue?
Napoleon from Animal Farm, or Annie Wilkes from Misery.
Loki from American Gods, the Gentleman with thistle-down hair from Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and the Lilim Witches from Stardust. Would have maybe said Regal, from the Elderling serious, but there lies only hate.
Glad to see one of my all-time favourite literary vllains (Pennywise) on top of this list.
Eric Spears from the Faces of Evil Series by Debra Webb. He is smart and cunning which makes you hate him.Obsession
Kendall wrote: "O'Brien from 1984."Agree. He was as delirious as he was terrifying.
And on that note, Serena Joy from The Handmaid's Tale.
Nellie Oleson from Little House on the Prairie. Not really a villain but she sure is mean
Randall was a really good choice to be included!
Claire wrote: "General Woundwort from Watership Down."Yes!
Eileen wrote: "Nurse Ratched.."Yes!
novel: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
stage play: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
*Snicket
Spruce wrote: "Levana and Moriarty are amazing villains. . . but speaking of it, IT from the A Wrinkle in Time series is a very interesting villain as well, and of course the Dark from The Dark is Rising Series."Here, Here, I agree. I would single out The Black Rider from Dark is Rising series.
Jane wrote: "Alberico of Barbadior from Tigana. 
"Such a great book full of amazing charaters
Professor Moriarity is the only one I have heard of.
George Wickham, from Pride and Prejudice.
Khadija wrote: "I honestly hated and loved the Darkling.I cried when he died but at the same time I thought that was what he deserved. I think after Alina lost her powers he broke even further. At the end all he ..."
Seriously, spoilers. There's this thing where you say " spoiler alert ", but I guess that's too advanced for you. People stop it with your idiocy. gooshh. (view spoiler)
I don't "love to hate" Umbridge, though. I just plain regular hate her. I want to bury a hatchet in her chest.Villains that I actually love to hate are characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn, the White Witch, Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar...
