Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Memorable Characters

 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!

This week's topic is: Memorable Characters

This week's topic was for memorable characters quotes, but that seems a bit too involved for me this week, haha, so I've opted to instead pick some books with memorable characters. Below are books where I can pretty vividly remember the characters, their personalities, etc. (even if I can't always remember names... because I'm just bad with names these days, what can I say?) I've also listed a few of the main characters I think of from those books, though there are often much larger casts as well. 


The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)The Marrow Thieves

Orka, Varg, Elvar - The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

French, Rose, Ri, Chi-Boy, Miig, Wab - The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Flesh Eater (Houndstooth, #1)Master Assassins (The Fire Sacraments, #1)

Coal, Ilio, Yurzu, Jatiri, etc. - Flesh Eater by Travis Riddle (+ sequel!)

Kandri, Mektu, Chindilan, Eshett, Talupeke, Ariquina, etc. - Master Assassins by Robert V.S. Redick (+ sequel!)

The TerrorThe Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)

Sir John Franklin, Captain Francis Crozier, Goodsir, Hickey, Collins - The Terror by Dan Simmons

Davian, Wirr, Asha, Caeden - The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington (+ entire trilogy)

The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire, #1)Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1)

Amalia, Zaira, etc. - The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso (+ entire trilogy)

Senlin, Edith, Voleta, Adam, Byron, & more - Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft (+ entire series)

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)The Harp of Kings (Warrior Bards, #1)

Evie, Theta, Henry, Sam, Jericho, Mabel - The Diviners by Libba Bray (+ entire series)

Liobhan, Dau, Brocc - The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier (+ entire trilogy)


What are some books that you think have memorable characters?

17 comments:

  1. I like your topic switch! I've only read Diviners from your list, and you're right, such great characters. Harp of Kings is what I plan to read next, looking forward to it!
    ~Lex (lexlingua.co)

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  2. Haha, I'm also terrible with remembering character names!

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    1. They are just so hard to keep track of for some reason, haha.

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  3. I am also bad with names? I find myself in so many books saying…‘Arthur? Is that right? He’s the one from Georgia?”

    I blame the authors a lot for not making the characters memorable enough, but it’s probably all me.

    I went off-topic this week: https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/11/09/ttt-books-you-recommend-the-most/

    Happy TTT!
    Lori

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    1. I know exactly what you mean! I'm always thinking, "I know that name should mean something to me, and yet..." I agree with that, though, because I do tend to remember names of characters that stand out a lot more than others!

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  4. Yay! I see Juliet Marillier´s books :D Agree with you, she makes wonderful characters.


    My TTT https://themoonphoenix788811600.wordpress.com/2021/11/08/memorable-things-characters-have-said-top-ten-tuesday-09-november-2021/

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  5. Nice twist on the topic! I agree—character personalities are definitely easier for me to remember than the things they say.

    Happy TTT!

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    1. Definitely, they are the aspects that really make us remember them!

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  6. Great topic! The Terror was one I kinda wanted to read and the Diviners too!

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  7. I love your twist!

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/bookish-gift-guide-budget-edition/

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  8. The Terror has some great characters! Sending Ascends too, such a fun story.

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    1. The Terror does such a good job of developing characters' backgrounds and personalities!

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  9. The Marrow Thieves, Senlin Ascends, Master Assassins, and The Diviners are some of my favorites.

    Lauren @ Always Me

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