Evil Male Leaders (Fangirling on Friday)

It’s Friday again, so it’s time to Fangirl! Today we’re talking about Evil Male Leaders. We did Evil Female Leaders last month. This looks like it might be an easier topic to write than Evil Female Leaders, as I’m already finding some books I don’t always talk about! As always, Fangirling on Friday is hosted by Books in the Skye!

Adolph Hitler – Defying Hitler

First I’ll start with one of the most evil leaders of all. There are a lot of really evil imaginary leaders in books, but Hitler is one of the worst in modern memory. I mean, how many people name their kids Adolph anymore (I have a great-great grandfather with that name, but I swear his last name wasn’t Hitler). Sebastian Haffner’s book talks about his life during the years leading up to Hitler’s takeover of Germany. It’s a good warning for all of us.

Joffrey – A Game of Thrones

Now that we’ve gotten a real-life monster out of the way, it’s time to move on to the fictional ones. Joffrey from A Game of Thrones is pretty horrific. This book series actually has quite a few evil male leaders, if I recall, but Joffrey is pretty much the first one that really stands out to me. I was pretty happy with what happened to him. Some of the other evil male leaders in this series also get what they deserve, but the book series isn’t done yet (let’s hope it doesn’t end the way I’ve heard the HBO series ended).

Lazmet Noavek – Carve the Mark

This guy was pretty bad, although if I remember correctly, his mother wasn’t much of a gem either. At any rate, if Lazmet hadn’t been so much of an ass, then there might not have been a story for Veronica Roth to begin with. I guess I won’t say more for fear of giving out spoilers. I’m doing a reread of this series so I thought I should bring up this one.

There are a few other evil male leaders that I can think of from books I tend to talk about a lot:

• The Elector – Legend
• Valentine – City of Bones
• Maven – Red Queen

I figured that I talk about those books all the time though.