Now, on to the good stuff! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted weekly by the lovely bloggers over at The Broke and The Bookish. This week's topic is a lot of fun: Top Ten Biggest Jerky Men in Literature. This should be a lot of fun, cause there are some major-league assholes in a lot of books! I should also mention that there are a couple jerks who I also really like. As my honeyman always tells me, I'm attracted to assholes. And while I love my honeyman dearly, he does have jerk-ish tendancies, so I guess he's right :o)
1. Hades from The Eyre Affair: Okay, Hades is an evil mofo. He's evil just for a sake of being evil, and while he's a jerk and dangerous and keeps trying to destroy major literary works - he's also really witty and kind of funny while he does it. While he's jerk, I actually loved Hades. He was my favorite character in this book!
2. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights: Again, he's a total asshole. He very carefully and skillfully ruins EVERYONE who has ever wronged him in the worst ways. But yet - I love Heathcliff. He's one of my favorite characters EVER. (See what I mean, about liking jerks?)
3. Dimitri from The Bronze Horseman: Man is this guy a leech. This book is set in Russia during WW2 and he is in the military, but he is the BIGGEST candy-ass ever. And not only does he know it, but he uses his "friend" mercilessly to try to save himself, no matter who he hurts or screws over in the end. I can't stand Dimitri.
4. King Leck from Graceling: Maaaaann, this guy a pyschopath. I can't go into too much detail for fear of spoilers, but he's a bad mamajama.
5. Ambrose from The Name of the Wind: Ambrose is ALWAYS on Kvothe's junk. (Kvothe is the main character for those of you who don't know.) Ambrose ia rich, full of himself, and tortures Kvothe for no other reason than he's jealous and an asshole.
6. Francis Reynaud from Chocolat: Though it was a bit stereotypical, he was the jerk of a parish curate. He decides that he doesn't like the new pretty woman who moves into town and starts a chocolate shop because she is unmarried, associates with people he doesn't approve of, and he thinks she's a witch. He's one of those jerks who takes his religion a LITTLE too seriously and condemns everyone in sight for his own torment.
7. David from Bet Me: He is the heroine's ex-boyfriend and he is such a tool. The book starts with him dumping her, he then tries to make a slimy bet about her, and throughout the book decides to try to win her back because now someone else wants her. He's a total asshole.
8. Prince Joffery from A Game of Thrones: He's the youngest jerk on this list. He's about 12 and already thinks that he's God's gift to the world. Seriously, only his stupid mama likes him. Near everyone else seems him for the jerk he is.
9. Bob Ewell from To Kill A Mockingbird: Seriously, who does not hate this man? In my book, there are no bigger assholes than racist trash, and Ewell fits that description perfectly.
10. Holden from Catcher in the Rye: This kid is such an ass. Full of whiny, bratty teen angst, he acts like a huge jerk. And I don't think his teen angst is any good excuse.
Ok, so those are my jerks. I feel like I'm forgetting some... I wrote down a bunch last week but lost my list and I don't know if I remembered everyone that I had on it. Grrr. Oh well. Who do you think some literary huge jerks are?
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