Hi everyone!
Hope you all have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend!
Also, a quick happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it - even though it is Friday, which means it has passed!
Today I'm getting involved in Feature & Follow Friday.
What is that you ask?
Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee, in which it is possible to discover and follow book blogs! How fun!
To participate like I am, create your own post answering this week's question, sign up in the linky and follow as many of the blogs already listed as you can. For more clarification, and extended rules, check out the posts the hosts have on their blogs.
NOTE:
Please follow me via GFC or BlogLovin'!
Thanks so much!
Copied directly (except for the 'u' in favourite - I just have to add that in, it is in my Australian nature), this week's question is:
Describe your favorite book character death scene. Why is it your favorite? Was it a villain or a hero? What made it so good? - Suggested by Eternity Through Pages
Answering this question is so difficult, because I really feel like it is impossible to say that I have a favourite death scene in a book. I invest so much when reading, and I connect to every single character in some way, so it is painful to read about them dying - it doesn't even matter if they are a hero or a villain.
So, I'm going to talk about the death(s) that upset me beyond comprehension - because technically that does classify as my favourite? I don't know, I'm just trying to find a link because I've found this question incredibly hard!
Warning: I will be spoiling these books: The Book Thief, Allegiant, My Sister's Keeper
In no particular order...
Anna's Death in My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Thinking about this has made me realise that I haven't reviewed this book yet! Ah, must do that soon!
Anyway, I feel like this death scene may be one of the best I've read.
Since you are reading the story through the perspective of different characters - including Sarah, the mother who has been planning death since her daughter Kate was diagnosed with cancer, all you think about is Kate dying. So when Anna is left brain dead after a car-crash, you realise that there is a lot of unpredictability present throughout this novel. I barely processed what was happening, and my body went into some form of shock - I didn't react at all, instead I just stared blankly at the words on the page. Jodi Picoult is a fabulous writer, and she wrote about the death in a way that tugs at your heart-strings and leaves you breathless.
Rudy's Death in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Even though, we were told near the beginning of the book that Rudy would die, when it actually happen, it still shocked me. You could feel his death looming closer and closer, and it took all my strength to keep turning the pages. At one point, I closed my eyes every time I opened to a new page, just incase the words would create an event I didn't want to happen. Rudy was a character I fell in love with, as soon as he was introduced - and it broke my heart when he was taken away. The moment it happened, tears brewed in my eyes, and I felt an aching sadness.
Tris' Death in Allegiant by Veronica Roth
This was so wrong, yet so very very right.
Even though I had invested into a relationship that I thought was going to remain (#FOURTRIS), I can understand why Veronica did what she did. It kind of fits - Tris had always been brave, and she remained courageous till the very end. Sacrificing her life like that, showed that she truly was Dauntless. Despite this, it broke my heart, and I struggled to read the last part of the book, because tears were rolling down my cheeks, thus blurring my vision.
-TYRA XXX
Hope you all have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend!
Also, a quick happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it - even though it is Friday, which means it has passed!
Today I'm getting involved in Feature & Follow Friday.
What is that you ask?
Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee, in which it is possible to discover and follow book blogs! How fun!To participate like I am, create your own post answering this week's question, sign up in the linky and follow as many of the blogs already listed as you can. For more clarification, and extended rules, check out the posts the hosts have on their blogs.
NOTE:
Please follow me via GFC or BlogLovin'!
Thanks so much!
Copied directly (except for the 'u' in favourite - I just have to add that in, it is in my Australian nature), this week's question is:
Describe your favorite book character death scene. Why is it your favorite? Was it a villain or a hero? What made it so good? - Suggested by Eternity Through Pages
Answering this question is so difficult, because I really feel like it is impossible to say that I have a favourite death scene in a book. I invest so much when reading, and I connect to every single character in some way, so it is painful to read about them dying - it doesn't even matter if they are a hero or a villain.
So, I'm going to talk about the death(s) that upset me beyond comprehension - because technically that does classify as my favourite? I don't know, I'm just trying to find a link because I've found this question incredibly hard!
Warning: I will be spoiling these books: The Book Thief, Allegiant, My Sister's Keeper
In no particular order...
Anna's Death in My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Thinking about this has made me realise that I haven't reviewed this book yet! Ah, must do that soon!
Anyway, I feel like this death scene may be one of the best I've read.
Since you are reading the story through the perspective of different characters - including Sarah, the mother who has been planning death since her daughter Kate was diagnosed with cancer, all you think about is Kate dying. So when Anna is left brain dead after a car-crash, you realise that there is a lot of unpredictability present throughout this novel. I barely processed what was happening, and my body went into some form of shock - I didn't react at all, instead I just stared blankly at the words on the page. Jodi Picoult is a fabulous writer, and she wrote about the death in a way that tugs at your heart-strings and leaves you breathless.
Rudy's Death in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Even though, we were told near the beginning of the book that Rudy would die, when it actually happen, it still shocked me. You could feel his death looming closer and closer, and it took all my strength to keep turning the pages. At one point, I closed my eyes every time I opened to a new page, just incase the words would create an event I didn't want to happen. Rudy was a character I fell in love with, as soon as he was introduced - and it broke my heart when he was taken away. The moment it happened, tears brewed in my eyes, and I felt an aching sadness.
Tris' Death in Allegiant by Veronica Roth
This was so wrong, yet so very very right.
Even though I had invested into a relationship that I thought was going to remain (#FOURTRIS), I can understand why Veronica did what she did. It kind of fits - Tris had always been brave, and she remained courageous till the very end. Sacrificing her life like that, showed that she truly was Dauntless. Despite this, it broke my heart, and I struggled to read the last part of the book, because tears were rolling down my cheeks, thus blurring my vision.
Leave a little 'something-something' in the comments below if you are also taking part in the F&F, so I can follow you back!
-TYRA XXX
