Famous Last Words Character Analysis

The book,” Famous Last Words,” by author Katie Alender, is a horror fiction read that revolves around a teenage girl, named Willa who goes from rags to riches. Along with getting used to her new life with her million- dollar stepfather, she experiences some paranormal activities that take place in her stepfather’s haunted mansion. She decides to learn to live with the paranormal experiences, because she feels she is cursed and is deservant of what happens to her. Willa is an anti-social girl, who is not too fond of talking about anything that happens to her, but when she meets her step-father’s adoring, young assistant she falls quickly for him. One day when the conversation of a serial killer, nicknamed,” The Hollywood Killer”, sparks up. …show more content…
One trait to describe Willa by her actions is insecure. Willa is too worried about what other people think and it causes her to look down upon herself. She even stopped hanging out with someone just because her new friends did not approve. Although I understand that it is hard to try and “fit in” especially when you’ve just started attending that school. Another trait Willa portrays is she’s observant of herself and others. Whenever she describes others in the story, she is very detailed and even notices the tiny things. This makes it easier for the reader to picture Willa and the other …show more content…
Two characters that stick out the most in the story are Wyatt and Willa. On similarity they show are their interests in the Hollywood Killer. These interests even come in handy when they end up trying to catch the killer. Another similarity that they show are how they both like to test the waters with others. What I mean by this is they aren’t going to trust someone right away or let them walk all over them. With similarities come differences and one they share is Wyatt is not worried about what other people think, while on the other hand Willa cares a lot, which even causes a conflict between the