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After trying to find books that interest me, I've realized that the thing that sucks me in the most is when the book has well developed characters. Of course I like the book to have other good elements too, (good writing, fast-paced, interesting plot, etc.) but when the characters are easy to relate to, I seem to care more about what happens to them in the book. So... any favorite characters?
Feel free to share a few of your own. :) Also, I'm honestly a sucker for main characters.
A few of mine include: (book - character)
Dune - Paul Muad'Dib
John Carter of Mars (series) - John Carter, Tars Tarkas
Harry Potter (series) - Fred and George Weasley, Delores Umbridge (I don't know if I've ever hated a character so much, and I give props to Rowling for evoking that kind of feeling)
The Hero and the Crown - Luthe
Ender's Game - Ender, Bean (I need to read the other books...)
Abhorsen (series) - Mogget
And I'm sure there are others I just can't think of... :)
Yossarian!
Lucy from The Wolves in the Walls
Johnny Truant;
and, Walter O' Dim
Ender's Shadow is good. But don't bother with the others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst Star
Enders Shadow was great, the sequel to Enders Game was also good (even though it takes place when he's grown up)...probably better than Enders Shadow. The new ones are pretty damn good too, but I think I can't read those kind of books anymore, they lack any imagery. I prefer Bean over Ender.
My favorite comic book hero is Tin Tin.
Tender Branson from Survivor. He envoked so much heartache and empathy from me. Chuck is a great writer! But Survivor will always be my favorite book of his.
I also loved the character Hannah Baker from the book Thirteen Reasons Why.
William Smith - 1984
square - Flatland
Carl Lee Hailey - A Time to Kill
Odysseus - Iliad / Odyssey
Virgil - Dante's Divine Comedy
Don Quixote - Don Quixote
Hamlet - Hamlet
Ebeneezer Scrooge - A Christmas Carol
...Did you start reading my book and not like the character development? :(
Oh. And I love every villain ever created by Shakespeare.
<3 Juliet- Romeo & Juliet
Bella-Twilight(yah, very wierd ;))
Macbeth
Hamlet
Eragon and Arya(<3)- Inheritance Saga
Marley- Marley and me (XD)
many more, but those are the most recent books that I read.
i haven't read it yet. i want to though!Quote:
Originally Posted by ninja9578
oh, and I've never read Ender's Game or any of those books, but I've heard of them. I think I might check that one out :)
I bought Ender's Game months ago... maybe I should read it now. :P
Fav character of ALL time: Gerald Tarrant, from the Coldfire Trilogy. Whoa, this guy is.. just WHOA.
No one takes mind of me :'(
I just thought of another good one :D
The cat-the cat in the hat
wait, this is a comic book? I must check it out. I know of Flatland, but maybe I'm thinking of something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by ninja9578
No, it's a novel by Edwin A Abbott. It's full title is Flatland: A Romance of many Dimensions. It's a truely timeless masterpiece. It's so old that a full version of it is on Google Books (I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by dylanshmai
cool, i'll check it out