Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish.
Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of their bloggers over at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join.
The topic for this week is: Top Ten Worlds I’d Never Want To Live In OR Characters I’d Never Want To Trade Places With
Going with the second option – as much as I adore certain characters there is no way I would EVER want to live their lives. I’m not sure I’d handle it anywhere near as well as they do.
Dystopian Heroines:
These characters are all amazing. They are kick-arse and manage to keep their principles throughout all they have to face. I’m not anywhere near as brave as any of them nor do I have any desire to switch places. They’ve all been though so much and I’m not sure I’d last a day in their shoes.
- Penryn from the Penryn and the End of Days series by Susan Ee
- Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
- Tris Prior from the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
- Yukiko from The Lotus War series by Jay Kristoff
- Paige from The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Devastating
These are characters that I remember reading about and getting quite emotional. I would never be able to go though what they did without having an emotional breakdown – or seven. Just reading about their lives and circumstances was devastating – I have no desire to trade places with these people.
- Fontaine and Eponine from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- Hazel from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Ones I Genuinely Dislike
There are some characters that I truly despise. I would never want to go within a mile of these people and swapping lives with them – absolutely not!
- Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
- Mr Collins from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Christian Gray from Fifty Shades of Gray by EL James (also Edward Cullen from Twilight as to me they’re the same person).
Are there any of these characters that you WOULD want to swap with? Any you think I’ve missed? Feel free to leave me a comment. Happy Tuesday to everyone 🙂
I laughed at the Fifty Shades one xD No thanks to Umbridge too! I feel the same way about dystopian protagonists – I love them and find them really inspiring, but I think I’d die in the first twenty four hours.
Brilliant list. I love your Fifty Shades inclusion too. I have Katniss on my list too, and I very nearly put on Tris!
Not only do I love the title of your blog but your characters are bang on! 🙂
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Umbridge!!!! The worst of the worst. I think I hated her even more than Voldemort. And I totally agree Christian Grey = Edward Cullen.
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Aww, I have Will Traynor from Me Before You in my list and I’d think I would classify that under your The Devastating heading. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Those are some awesome picks! I don’t think I would have want to live there too, good reasons!
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HAHA I love that you added a group of characters you despise to the list. Very unique.
Great list! I love that you focused solely on the character angle and included such a range of books. 🙂 Happy Reading!
Great picks! I agree with all. I definitely wouldn’t want to have to go through situations like Katniss & Tris had too; and I 100% wouldn’t want to be Edward Cullen. Great picks 🙂 My TTT.