Favorite antagonist from a book...

Well, after seeing several book threads, I decided to start a thread for your favorite (or most hated) antagonist in any books you've read (fiction).

I think mine is James "Big Jim" Rennie from Stephen King's Under the Dome. He's a small town politician who manipulates everyone he knows and used his religion to get people to do what he says/suggests. Ugh!! Just thinking about him makes me upset. :laugh:

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batalina

Dorian Grey. hands down, every time.

YESSS!

and also, Cathy from Steinbeck's East of Eden... when a certain important thing she did happened, i literally shouted at the book, NOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOO! OH GODDD!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

jlzrdking

Lee Tourneau from the book "Horns"

msbeavert

Rhett Butler from GWTW

datzun

A lot of good choices listed by people already. I'll add:

- Peter Wiggin and Bonzo Madrid from Ender's Game
- Joffrey Baratheon, Cersei Lannister, Viserys Targaryen and many others depending on timeline/POV in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- The Crippled God in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

SirBen81

Jaws

CeejayGee

Jaws

That made me giggle

bikermike5094

Nicolae Carpathia from the Left Behind series... he is the the AntiChrist...literally.

katkins3

"The Woman" as Sherlock Holmes called her.

SabrinaJL

The Man in Black (aka Walter o'Dim, aka Randall Flagg, aka Marten Broadcloak, aka Legion, aka BUTTHEAD!)

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." is quite possibly the best opening line from a book. Ever.

Hattie2879

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." is quite possibly the best opening line from a book. Ever.

I completely agree.

datzun

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." is quite possibly the best opening line from a book. Ever.

I completely agree.

Same.

elfie9863

Hurusu from "Amok" by George Fox.

Hurusu is a Japanese soldier left behind in the Philippines when the Japanese pulled out just before the end of WWII.

The Japanese left him behind to delay the Allied troops so they could escape. His last order was to kill as many as possible. The story takes place over many decades as he hides in the jungles of Philippines to survive and carries out his last order. With no human contact, he has no idea the war has ended.

WOW!!! I am getting this book and reading it. Sounds really good!! Thanks!!