Top Ten Tuesday has a great meme for this week and I’m going to do a mix of: What are the top ten worlds I never want to live in and what are the top ten characters I don’t want to trade places with:
First here are the places I wouldn’t want to live in:
The Unit because as a childless couple I know what my husband’s and my fate would be. Shudders…. If you’ve not read this book you should give it a try.
The Village of Three Pines sounds idyllic but there are a lot of murders for Inspector Gamache to solve.
The Island of Dr. Moreau. Scary experiments and scary people. I love the beach but I’m sure I wouldn’t like this place.
Broken Harbor stated off as luxury neighborhood but it is half-abandoned and half-built. You are so alone out there you start imagining things.
The planet of Rakhat. If you’ve read The Sparrow you know why. It’s dangerous there.
Now, these are the characters I wouldn’t want to trade places with:
Delia Martin from Delia’s Shadow. She may be a great gal but she sees ghosts all the time and they want her help.
Magdalena from The Hangman’s Daughter. Poor girl, she may be beautiful but what young man wants a hangman for a father-in-law.
Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. I would die of hunger. I really don’t think I would do too well in the games.
Clare from The Time Traveler’s Wife. I like to travel but a time-traveling husband? No, thanks!
Brooklyn Wainwright from Homicide in Hardcover may get to work with beautiful books as she’s a bookbinder but I think I’ll stick to my little studio and avoid encounters with crazy book collectors.
Alright, I want to hear what some of your choices would be!
I think I will pass on the island in Lord of the Flies and also the world of 1984 and the Handmaid’s Tale. Characters? My mind is going blank on that one.
I enjoyed reading through your list, Iliana, and can see exactly why you chose the way you did. I wouldn’t want to be in Katniss’s shoes either or on the Island of Dr. Moreau. I still need to read Delia’s Shadow. I have a feeling I will be reading that one soon.
Ha! This made me laugh! I would have to agree on most of your choices on the books I’ve read, but haven’t read all of them.
You have some good ones here! But my brain can’t walk away from anything set in the concentration camps or generally during WWII. Worrying about my safety and the safety of my kids every second of the day, and not having ANY control over it, would be awful. There are a few dystopian post-apocalyptic novels that don’t sound much fun either!
Stefanie – The first one that came to my mind was actually The Handmaid’s Tale but wanted to think of more recent books I’ve read. But yea, those places you mentioned – I’ll stay far away! 🙂
Literary Feline – It was so fun to come up with this list. I do hope you’ll read Delia’s Shadow. It was kind of simple but it was fun. I’ll be curious to see if this will be turned into a series.
Jenclair – Gotta stay away from those places right?!
Sandy – Oh yes, I would stay clear of any place around WWII. That is all too real so I couldn’t even mention it. I thought of the Book Thief in particular but ended up with more dystopian-like books. There are tons of those to choose from aren’t there?
So with you on the time-traveling husband! That would be frustrating!
I definitely agree on the ones that I have read!
When I first read your post I was wondering what characters I wouldn’t want to be, and then when I saw your list I must whole heartedly concur with Katniss and Clare! What a miserable existence, for either of them, though for totally different reasons. And how about that poor girl in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale? Butter for hand cream, and stolen butter at that? And that’s the least of her troubles…to fit a book I just read, I wouldn’t want to be Miss Havisham of Great Expectations, either.
Great post!
It’s funny that others mentioned The Handmaid’s Tale, too, but I hadn’t read their responses before I wrote mine. Sorry.
One more; how about the girl in Norwegian Wood who hangs herself? I’m so sad about how her lover will not be comforted. In any of Murakami’s books, and I’ve seen him allude to her in three different novels.
Athira – Can you imagine? wouldn’t be able to plan a thing 🙂
Kailana – Strange places right.
Bellezza – The Handmaid’s Tale is definitely one I would never want to be… OMG, the butter. Who can forget about that. You’ve come up with some great ones yourself!
What a great list idea! I wouldn’t want to live in those worlds either! Especially the Island of Dr Moreau–that movie always freaked me out!