Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic.
This Week's Topic:
A long-awaited kiss, a surprise ending, a character's sudden decision… these are the moments that make us smile, gasp, and LOVE a book for the rest of our lives.
What is your favorite literary moment?
My absolute favourite literary moment is the twist. And nowhere have i found it better than in Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
No spoilers but i never saw it coming and yet it made perfect sense. LOVE that in a book. To pull off that WTF but ah ha moment is brilliant. And so, so hard. it had to be foreshadowed and believable but not predictable. I admit i read it when I was 10 so maybe i was easily transported into suspending disbelief but it's stayed with me a LOT of years.
Oh, and i do love a kiss... one that has been suitably longed for and agonised over.
And a good death. Love to cry.
And a first... well... anything.
Seems I'm easily pleased. What about you?
I'm REALLY gonna have to read this book one day aren't I?! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for that kiss, and for jaw-dropping twists and revelations. I will definitely have to read Ender's Game sometime.
ReplyDeleteI loved ENDER'S GAME and the point you mention is probably the number one reason. What a great book! :D
ReplyDeleteENDER'S GAME has been on my TBR list for a while. I will read it soon, hopefully! I like those twist moments, too. Though I'm more broadly into game-changers, which could be the twist you didn't see coming, or the thing you knew all along but the characters didn't.
ReplyDeleteOh I never heard of this. I'll have to look it up and see if it surprises me too...I do love a good surprise.
ReplyDelete"i never saw it coming and yet it made perfect sense." I love that in a plot twist too...so easy to appreciate but hard to pull off as a writer.
ReplyDeleteYou list some of my favourite twist methods ;) If an author pulls off a really good sudden death, I'll think about it for days.
ReplyDeleteI love twists! After reading through everyone's answers (and my own) I think I just like good writing. The most well-written scenes seem to be my favorite. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHmm... I didn't realize ENDER'S GAME is twisty. That might make it jump a few books in the TBR queue :)
ReplyDeleteEveryone keeps telling me to read Ender's Game. Maybe I should listen to them one of these days =)
ReplyDeleteEnder's Game was a fantastic book. Have you read any of the rest of the series? I haven't yet because I've heard it's not as good, and I don't want to ruin what I think of the first one.
ReplyDeleteVery late to the RTW from last week (catching up), but I have heard great things about Enders Game. This just makes me want to read it more. I agree with you on the agonized over kiss. Too many books don't build that up enough.
ReplyDeleteMy response is here: http://dverted.blogspot.com/2012/03/rtw-those-magic-moments.html