1. Katniss from 'The Hunger Games'
I don't know why but I just never warmed to Katniss. I think the series is a good series and I enjoyed reading the books, but Katniss just never did it for me. I don't even know why people actually like her..?
2. Daisy from 'The Great Gatsby'
Daisy Buchanan has to be one of the most annoying characters in literature ever. I never actually saw a film version of the book, so don't know whether she's just as annoying in the films, but boy....
3. Christian from '50 Shades of Grey'
I know a lot of women loved the character of Christian Grey, but I just didn't really warm to him. Or the books, for that matter...
4. Charlie from 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
I guess I just never understood the meaningfulness of 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower.' I read it and neither the story or the characters managed to make an impression.
5. Hazel from 'The Fault in Our Stars'
I have to admit I'm cheating a bit here, because I've never actually read the book, only saw the film. Hazel just didn't really come across as a likeable character to me, but maybe that's just in the film version...?
6. Jodi Picoult main characters
I've never managed to find a Jodi Picoult main character that I actually liked/warmed to. Do they even exist...?
7. Frodo from 'The Lord of the Rings'
Frodo was just... I don't know, where do I start? Anyone who understands where I'm coming from here?
8. Belly from 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'
I guess this is one of the reasons why I don't read much YA; teenagers are so egoistic and don't think or worry about anything else but themselves, which also goes for Belly, the main character in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty', she just really annoyed me.
9. Tess from 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'
I'm actually not sure if there's anyone who liked Tess? I never met anyone who actually liked her, so maybe she's just a character everyone enjoys to hate!
10. Oskar from 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'
ah, the Summer I Turned Pretty! For a really REALLY long while I was stuck on the nickname Belly (like WHAT?) but GOOD LORD. That girl cannot make up her mind and we had to suffer through over a thousand pages while she did.
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Anyway, have a great weekend.
Aditi @ http://athousandwordsamillionbooks.blogspot.in/
I agree with you regarding the characters in YA, as that's one of the reasons I stopped reading YA as much as I did before. I just cannot connect with the characters, so I'd rather be reading something that I can understand. :)
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Daisy and Christian are two characters that I absolutely cannot stand either. I also understand the stance on disliking Katniss, I feel like she's really polarizing, but from that series, I dislike gale the most. great list!
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I read the Hunger Games and while I enjoyed the books, I could not stand Katniss. She was too meh for me to every actually like her. Similarly no part of The Great Gatsby did I like. I hated the entire book.
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My juniors just finished Gatsby and we had a LONG discussion about how terrible Daisy is! You will be happy to know they agree with you. While they felt sorry for her at first because her husband was such a cheat, they all agreed she brought it upon herself! Great list!
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ReplyDeleteFrodo is the worst! I didn't hate him in Fellowship as much, but in Tower and Return, he was just the dirt worst!
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Hazel was on my list this week too!
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I agree with Christian Grey and Katniss! Haven't read the others. :)
ReplyDeleteI get what you mean with Frodo - honestly I prefer movie Frodo to book Frodo. :)
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