T5W – Favorite Creepy Settings/Scenes

Guess who’s back, back again ~

Decided it was time to post again, and lucky me – it is Wednesday. Time for a Top 5 Wednesday! This is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over at this Goodreads group. This week’s topic is Creepy setting, but I decided to do my ‘own’ little thing and add “creepy scenes” as well, seeing as the setting doesn’t creep me out as much as what happens there.

5. The Garden Scene in The Snow Queen by H.C. Andersen

Nothing says creepy like creepy in a kid’s book. This scene was a brief occurrence in the book that wasn’t really brought up again at all, what I can remember, but it still stuck with me. Gerda finds herself in a witch’s garden, being deprived of her memories she encounters plants that tell her different stories that don’t really make sense. Though some are beautiful, some turn out quite depressing and creepy in a way due to our inability to comprehend them, yet they leave you with a feeling that you should. I don’t know if they were even meant to be creepy, but to me as a child it was and that scene will always stick with me. But I was a pretty easy kid to scare…

4. Any scene with a Lachrima (honestly), The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove

I listened to the audiobook of this one, and I still remember I was calmly listening to the book while trying to sleep. Then one of the characters decided to tell a little tale to our protagonists of their encounter with a “Lachrima”. This is far from a creepy book, but listening to that scene made me pause the book and turn on the night light to be able to sleep. What’s a Lachrima you might wonder? Well, in short, it’s a crying ghost-like being. Without a face.

3. The Other World from Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Duh.

2. The Magical Land from The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

I don’t remember if this land had any name, but just imagine Narnia, but R-rated. A lot of settings were creepy in itself (and where meant to), but even the ones that were supposed to a bit more “friendly” had something like small, scuttling flowers. Cute? They were made from the innocent children who died there.

1. The Child Thief by BROM

Well, I find BROM being able to pull this off in every setting in his book The Child Thief. Like, even the places that the main p.o.v. describes as beautiful has some eerie feeling to it. No matter how much I wish I could travel to, like ANY, fantasy book – this does not make the list. I haven’t finished the book yet, but I doubt I’ll change my opinion. If you’re looking for dark fantasy, you’ve come to the right place.

 

Do you agree/disagree with any? Curious about any listed? Have you done this meme yourself? Then what are you doing, comment! ❤

 

First Lines Friday #2

Hi guys! I’m actually back with the ‘First Lines Friday’, can’t believe I actually forgot about this weekly meme haha… but anyway, I’m planning on posting for this meme every Friday from now on for as long as possible. 🙂

The Rules Are The Following;

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

 

” A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep.

Hello listeners. To start off, I’ve been asked to read this brief notice. The City Council announces the opening of a new Dog Park at the corner of Earl and Summerset, near the Ralphs. They would like to remind everyone that dogs are not allowed in the Dog Park.”

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“Mostly Void, Partially Stars introduces us to Night Vale, a town in the American Southwest where every conspiracy theory is true, and to the strange but friendly people who live there.

Mostly Void, Partially Stars features an introduction by creator and co-writer Joseph Fink, behind-the-scenes commentary and guest introductions by performers from the podcast and notable fans, including Cecil Baldwin (Cecil), Dylan Marron (Carlos), and Kevin R. Free (Kevin) among others. Also included is the full script from the first Welcome to Night Vale live show, Condos. Beautiful illustrations by series artist Jessica Hayworth accompany each episode.

Mostly Void, Partially Stars is an absolute must-have whether you’re a fan of the podcast or discovering for the first time the wonderful world of Night Vale.”

 

T5W – Books & Characters I felt Betrayed By

 

Right! Another Top 5 Wednesday meme, join here!

This week’s theme is books or characters you felt betrayed by, for any reason. That means that the books and characters I’ve mentioned are mentioned because of different reasons 🙂

5. American Gods by Neil Gaiman

This book wasn’t bad, I was just expecting, I don’t know, more. I’m a mythology nerd so I had to buy this book when I found out about the upcoming TV-series, but ended up just dragging myself through it.

4. You-Know-Who from Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

I didn’t really like any of the characters in this book so much, except for them. Gods I was ROOTING for them through this book, and they made me continue reading it. And what the hell happens? THEY TURN OUT TO BE A TRAITOR. EVERYTHING THEY HAD SAID WAS A LIE. I was not okay.

3. You-Know-Which from Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Yeah. Them. If you’ve read this book, you know actually which two character’s I’m talking about. In difference though to the above example, this did not make me like the book less. Because DAMN those reveals? I was so shocked when the first one was revealed that I had to put down the book and walk off my shock and frustration because it was so damn obvious. But I LIKED them so much, they were among my favourites, god I was shipping one of them with another favourite character character uuugh.

2. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

When I first heard of this book I got all super excited for the fictional world sounded just so awesome. But man, after this book I’ve hardly been able to pick up any Fantasy YA. Throughout the ENTIRE book I was waiting for things to start to happen. When the book was over, I was like “wait what when did it start?”. I was expecting an interesting world building, political intrigue, great cast of different characters. But what I got was a girl stalked by a hot angel in Prag. Instalove follows. What. I tried the next book, but no. Definitely not for me.

1. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

No, I don’t mean this book because it did not live up to my expectations. On contrary, it was so much better than what I had expected. But the thing is, I knew this was a series so I expected that… well… The next book would be the whole gang of con-artists on new adventures. Ha ha. No. If you’ve read this book, you know very well what event that turned things I’m talking about. Damn, I am STILL not over it goddamn you Scott (but I still love you).

 

These were my picks! Do you feel the same by any of these? Or is there any other book or character you felt betrayed by? Then comment below! 😀