books Favorite Moments In Books

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I like the part in The Thrawn Trilogy where Thrawn figures out how to use an ysalamir to no-sell C'baoth's Force Lightning -- Thrawn just stands there without even flinching, and C'baoth is left going, 'WTF?!'

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The introduction to The Dark Ones in Metro 2033 is still chilling to this day, really beautifully written.

[Moonlight 7,287]

All the radio transcripts in the Welcome To Night Vale book.

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All of "The Catcher in the Rye" because it woke me up to my way of thinking.

[Zexcoiler Kingbolt 5]

In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," when Harry uses the Resurrection Stone to summon his parents, Lupin, Tonks, when he lets Voldemort kill him, and then the conversation with Dumbledore, as if it wasn't sad enough...

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The final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort in Deathly Hallows. The writing there is so subtle and yet so incredibly powerful I don't think I'll ever see something of that quality again.