In Aberration,
FBI profiler, Kassidy Bishop is on the hunt for serial killer who is an
aberration—a freak—even among serial killers.
For this blog hop, list your top 5 choices for the most aberrant
(freakish or abnormal) characters in fiction, TV and movies!
Before we get started, let’s take a look at the
definition of aberration:
ab·er·ra·tion
Definition of ABERRATION
1 : the fact or an instance of deviating
or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
2 : unsoundness or disorder of the mind
3 : an aberrant individual
— ab·er·ra·tion·al adjective
From the Merriam Webster Online
Dictionary
All participants will be entered to win prizes
(Amazon gift cards; signed copies of Aberration in paperback and e-book
versions of the book).
Lara's List of Top Five Aberrant Characters (in no particular order)
1. Hannibal Lector - He's a messed up dude. He's even more messed up in the books than he is in the movies. And, because of his training as a psychiatrist, he can mess up other people, and enjoys doing so.
2. Bad Guy from the Last Oracle by James Rollins. It's been a while since I've read the story, and my book is in storage, so I can't tell you the bad guy's name. However, he made my skin crawl. He was bizarre, and if I remember correctly, in love/having a relationship with his sister. Ick.
3. The bad guy in the movie Seven. That movie is the only one that actually made me queasy.
4. The mother of the girl with Down's Syndrome in Dean Koontz's novel The Darkest Evening of the Year. She was so sick and twisted that I had to stop reading the book. (She did mean things to the poor girl. I couldn't read about it.)
5. The bad guy in the movie The Cell. By getting to go into his mind, it's tragic to see just how messed up he is. And even more disturbing is seeing how he got to that point, from being abused as a child. I worked on the Criminal Justice Unit of the State Hospital when I saw the movie and it made me sob at the end, because he was so similar to one of the patients I worked with. It was awful.
There's my entry! I hope you run over to Lisa's blog and sign up so we can all see who your top five aberrant characters are! And I urge you to check out Lisa's book when it comes out, too!
Do you recognize any of my characters?
Does any character come to your mind as most aberrant?
OMG the bad guys in The Cell and Seven are totally awesome choices! Don't know why I didn't think of them! Awesome picks and thank you so very much for participating! :)
ReplyDeleteThis was a very fun blog hop! I had to think hard, though, to come up with five characters.
DeleteWow. I gotta rent The Cell. Looks fascinating.
ReplyDeleteHannibal Lector and the guy from Seven are great picks. Seven was super creepy.
I don't like Jennifer Lopez much, but The Cell is a movie I'd recommend, just because it is so different. The guy from Seven was just disturbing.
DeleteForgot about the movie Seven, probably because it freaked me out so much that I tend not to try and remember it. Good choices.
ReplyDeleteI try not to think about the movie, either. When I talk about it I feel the grimace on my face. I wonder who wrote the movie. I should go look.
DeleteYes, I agree, the guyin Se7en!! My top choice was Hannibal!
ReplyDeleteHannibal is always first in my mind. And I think about the part (maybe in Red Dragon?) where he and Clarice eat the FBI guys brains while he's still alive. Ewww!
DeleteYou don't get much more aberrant than Hannibal Lector. *shivers*
ReplyDeleteI agree. He's twisted!
DeleteI've got to check out that Dean Koontz book. Sounds great! Seven and The Cell are good choices. We all know that Hannibal was BA! Writer’s Mark
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to let me know how it turns out. I'm sure the girl is saved and the bad guys get what they deserve, but I just couldn't read through to get to that point.
DeleteScary peeps out there, sad to say.
ReplyDeleteCreepy characters in your list for sure. I love Dean Koontz but haven't read that book.
ReplyDeleteNice list and Lecter is the all time fave of this bloghop. The Cell was such a creepy movie and that bad guy...twisted.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your choice of Hannibal Lector. The Red Dragon was seriously one of the creepiest books I ever read. Thomas Harris just knows how to get under our skin. I don't know your other characters but it sounds like a five-way tie to me. :P
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