Happy Wednesday!
Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme that was originally created by Lainey from GingerReadsLainey and is now hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. To find out more about this booktastic topic, visit the Goodreads group here!
This week’s topic is “Books you felt betrayed by”.
This was a really fun topic because it is not something I usually think about with books and characters. Well I guess some characters, as you’ll see below. So here is my list of top betrayers.
- The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner – I don’t want to spoil anything but if you read it, you know what I’m talking about. I’m still mad about it. I love the book, but hate that particular part.
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – only because the twist completely got me. I was 100% duped, and it was awesome. So in this case, it was a good betrayal, if there is such a thing.
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel – I felt totally betrayed by the ending, but again, it was kind of in a good way. I love a good plot twist. **SPOILER** the whole story is this fantastical journey with a boy and a tiger trying to survive, but then we, kind of, learn that it was actually much more mundane and horrifying. I do love the twist at the end though, because it blew my mind.
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood- I only felt betrayed because of the ending. It seemed like an abrupt stop, even though it made sense. I was just expecting there to be more about Offred’s possible escape and life.
- Captain America being Hydra because WTF. I am glad that the writers/creators have walked that back since, because it was total bullcrap. That “development” was a complete and utter betrayal of their readers and fans.
I am sure there are some other characters I have felt betrayed by, but that is all I can think of at the moment. Maybe I should throw Scar in there, he betrayed everyone… or the evil guy from UP…or Grant Ward from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D… Ooooooo yeah that one was a doozy. He totally gets an honorable mention.
What characters or books have you felt betrayed by?
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I don’t read the captain america comics but I did hear about him being Hydra and have to agree – total betrayal !
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Wait… Captain Amercia is Hydra? 😀 in the comic books then? I’ve never read those, only seen the movies.
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It was some dumb twist in the comics last year. I haven’t read them either but I saw it all over Twitter and BuzzFeed when it happened.
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That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!! 😀 Steve is awesome. How can they do that to him…
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I know right!
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Ward definitely deserves an honorable mention – that twist came out of nowhere!
Great list! 🙂
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Yes the twists for Life of Pi and Gone Girl blew my mind- but I think they were a good kind of betrayal too. I do think the ending for Handmaid’s Tale was abrupt too. Awesome choices!
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