Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters I Just Didn't Click With


Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.  This Tuesday, I am tasked with listing ten book characters that I just didn't click with.  Some of these are probably expected, and others, not so much.  But I will never, ever despise someone as much as Dolores Umbridge.




I know everyone wants a clone of Augustus Waters for themselves, but I would pass up on that opportunity.  He is just so damn pretentious.  Every time he opened his mouth, I rolled my eyes.  I liked him, really, but that didn't stop him from annoying me.



I can hear some people gasping behind their computer screens right now.  Chaol has increasingly frustrated me as this series has continued.  Sometimes I want to reach into the book and slap him silly.  He needs to make up his mind and quit being so indecisive.



Ah, Adam.  Poor, proud Adam.  I don't hate him, I really don't.  But, man does he make me want to rip out my own hair.  However, I must say that in the process of reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue (of which I am currently reading), my aversion to Adam has begun to wane.



I am sure that my eleven year old self would disagree, but I don't really think these ones need too much explaining.  Bella is passive and whiny;  Edward is creepy and angsty.



Oh.  My.  God.  This girl in the most unbelievably fickle, irritating, and mindless thing in the entire world.  I known that she doesn't actually exist, but the anger caused be her ridiculous actions is.



Literally every character in this book is a ball of messy, pathetic spaghetti.  They're all toddlers playing in traffic and I was torn between being happy they weren't my toddlers and wanting to pull them out of harms way so I didn't have to watch, at least.



Margo reminds me of a lost puppy who doesn't know that she's lost.  It isn't necessarily her that I dislike, but rather how she is presented: as a perfect image of a perfect girl.



Everyone was flat and not fleshed out.  They're little flesh-less skeletons running around with no idea of what they're doing.  I glared at the pages as I read this book and looked most terrifying, I am certain.



A lot of people complain about Rose.  But I am here to complain about Lissa.  Lissa is bland.  She is a potato.  She sits around and looks pretty while everyone else does the saving, and then she is proclaimed to be silly things such as:  wise, perfect, strong.  All things she is not.



Does this one shock you?  Beloved Tessa Gray, not loved by moi.  It isn't that I hate her, because I do not (she loves books, after all).  She just isn't my cup of tea.  Too much pining, not enough doing.  She is simply meh to me.

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  1. I feel like Margo is meant to be seen as perfect from the MC's point of view, but I don't think READERS are supposed to really like her. I don't know -- she's not my fave either! LOL

    -Lauren

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    1. I agree, I just feel that, being stuck in the mind of someone viewing her as so perfect, is tiresome. She just annoyed me! ;D Thanks for commenting!

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  2. Ohhh I agree with you about The Maze Runner. In fact, I laughed so much at what you said about the characters! They really are just like skeletons or...or BALLOONS full of air and nothing else. I've only seen the film version of The Fault in Our Stars but I'll admit I didn't like Augustus. He was arrogant in an arrogant way not in a sassy way - if that even makes sense!? And actually, yesterday, I was thinking about Tessa and how even though I love her, she doesn't quite match up to the rest of the characters in the books. I'm still reading Throne of Glass (unfortunately I'm only near the beginning because I left all my homework to the day before I go back and my Physics homework was threatening to rip me apart) and I do prefer Dorian. Brilliant list Erin! :-D

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    1. Haha, thanks! Balloons is even better a metaphor! TFIOS the film is a good adaptation, but, if possible, they made Augustus even MORE pretentious. I get what you mean about him being arrogant but not sassy--there IS a difference. Jace is a perfect example of sassy AND arrogant--not just straight up smugness. Tessa just wasn't as...deep? Not compared to Will or Clary. ToG is my least favorite in the series so far, but I am SO happy you are finally reading it! I'm sorry about the physics homework, however. Homework is never fun. I liked Dorian best in the first book, too! Thanks for commenting, Rebekah! :D

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    2. YES, Jace was exactly the example I was thinking of! :-D

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  3. Margo for sure! She is the worst. Yeah I loved the Girl on the Train but I can't say I connected with any of them. But Augustus!! Oh I loved him lol. But I get it! Great list!

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    1. Isn't she? So unlikable. I WISH I had loved The Girl on the Train. My expectations were too high. I get the appeal of Augustus, but he just isn't for me. I'm happy you liked him! Thanks for commenting! :D

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  4. I agree with most characters on this list for sure! If I had the option to shake one character silly and tell them to get their head in gear (I was going to say something more violent but then I decided that it might be good to at least pretend to be civilised :P), it would be America Singer. That woman annoyed me to no end and I physically couldn't bring myself to read all of The One because of it. Uuuughhh. I agree with all the Maze Runner characters too--to me it seems like James Dashner picked one trait out of a hat and gave it to each character, making their characterisation no deeper than that. And don't get me started on Bella and Edward... I was eleven when I first read Twilight and I really enjoyed it too (the shame. THE SHAME) but now I just can't stand them. Edward just creeps me out. Great list, Erin! :)

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    1. Yay! I like when people agree with me. Yes, "civilized," is so difficult. Ah, well, we do try. America...oh man, my blood boils just thinking about her! The One is...more frustrating? Less? I don't even know. You know, I'm starting to think that is EXACTLY what James Dashner must have done. How else could he have ended up with such shallow characters? How could he, as a writer, allow that to happen? Twilight, on the other hand, had VERY distinct characters, which may be a bad thing. At least the books got people reading, right? Thanks for commenting, Emma! :D

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