rensch@alien.topBtoBooks•What is, in your opinion, the worst villain in any book?English
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10 months agoO’Brein from 1984 comes to mind. He purposely puts Winston Smith further down the path of resistamce by giving him illegal, anti-authoritarian literature, wins his trust, then betrays and tortures him. Then, only when Winston’s spirit is broken and fully remolded into the most perfectly obedient, Big Brother-loving citizen, he grants Winston the mercy of death.
An absolute piece of shit, but a great and complex villian as well.
I haven’t read it but the blurb seemed interesting.