Growing up I read books
that were ‘darker’ than other kids my age would read. My love of dark fantasy
stems from my belief of good and bad. I find that we all have a little bit of
good and bad inside of us, and incorporating my love of fantasy and the thrilling
edge of your seat horror together is something that everyone should read. Ask
yourself, if you read a book that had nothing but good in, wouldn't it bore
you? Seem too good to be true? The truth is that darkness is excitement. Even
our most beloved book heroes have darkness inside of them. It moulds them into
who they are.
We all fight our inner
demons, and it teaches us about who we are as people. When reading these books
the suspense, the build-up and the tortured pasts connects you to those characters
on a deep level. I love the fantasy side of things as it is an escape from
reality, and I believe that everyone needs that sometimes. Unfortunately our
own realities can never match up to what we read in books and that is why we
obsess over reading and writing. That is why we indulge ourselves in the idea
of other worlds with much more excitement happening than we experience.
Then there is urban
fantasy which is brilliant, as it gives the idea that in the world we live in,
the place we call home there is supernatural elements and mythical creatures
running around. It plants the possibility that the characters we relate to in those
stories, the excitement we feel when reading them is really happening all
around us. And that maybe one day it could happen to us.
This is why people read
these genres, I think. I know I definitely do. Everyone loves a bit of suspense
in a book and to feel something. After we read these books we wish it didn’t
have to end. That the book could have gone on forever. We feel sad that it has
ended, but elated that we experienced it. And the best part is, it all came
from someone’s mind. Reading a book and throwing yourself into someone else’s
world can leave you breathless and questioning yourself, your morals and what
type of person you want to be. Personally I love books which are unpredictable,
there are too many books these days where you can foresee the twists and turns,
and worst of all you can predict the ending. We are all searching for that one
book that can shock us.
When it comes to a
horror, I prefer to read it than watch it. It leaves me feeling empowered and
more aware of how irrational my fears are. Everyone loves the adrenaline rush
(whether they admit it or not). Every day we are bombarded with reality and
these genres take us away from that. They help escape the mundane, the fear
that there will be nothing more than what we already know.
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