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Originally Posted by DNSB
I've read and enjoyed several books (mostly short story collections) where the villains won. Evil is a Matter of Perspective for example.
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I haven't read it, but I imagine the villains are more like morally grey than pure evil in this book?
I'm not actually sure pure evil as such even exists. As you say, it's a matter of perspective. But still, deliberately hurting/destroying others just for one's own enjoyment presumably comes close (I don't mean consensual sadomasochism here
). I wouldn't want to read about a character like that winning, unless he/she has some redeeming qualities. But then this hypothetical character wouldn't be pure evil.