Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Today’s post is:
Ten Characters You Just Didn’t Click With”
This took awhile since I had to differentiate between characters I disliked and characters I didn’t click with:
1 & 2. Rachel and Amy Watson from The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Amy was clingy and whiny and Rachel was just depressing all the time. Probably one of the reasons I didn’t like the book that much.
3. Frank Churchill from Emma by Jane Austen
He is not as bad as George Wickham and I understand that he needed to conceal his engagement with Jane Fairfax…but you’re telling me he couldn’t find another way to hide it other than flirting with another woman, especially in front of his fiance?
4. Kim from Don’t Get Me Wrong by Marianne Kavanagh
Understood where she was coming from but had hard time feeling sorry for her, especially when some of the problems that were caused were of her own doing.
5. Edmund Bertram from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
He is not a bad character. It’s just…I feel that Fanny deserved better. I am rereading Mansfield Park now so maybe my perception of him will change.
6. Robinson Crusoe from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Both him and the book was soooo boring!
7. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
She was just a very bad narrator. It was difficult for me to get through the story because of her.
8. Lemuel Gulliver from Gulliver’s Travles by Johnathan Swift
Same reason I gave for Robinson Crusoe.
9. Shea Rigsby from The One & Only by Emily Giffin
Maybe it was the type of relationship that she was pursuing but I just couldn’t emotionally click with Shea like I usually do in Giffin’s other novels.
10. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Sometimes his passion for revenge got the best of him.
What characters did you not click with?
Can you believe I’ve never made it all the way through Emma? (gulp) But I remember watching the movie and thinking, “Man, what a jerk.” It seems like he really took advantage of the situation to have a little fun!
He really was. And for Jane Fairfax to accept that behavior towards her? She deserved better. You should finish reading Emma it’s really good!
Totally agree about Edmund Bertram – I was a little bit rooting for Henry Crawford but that’s not really Jane Austen’s style, she had very little time for the bad boy!
I know. Out of all of the Austen heroes, he is my least favorite.
I agree with Healthcliff, he is annoying. But the character doomedness is what made the book for me. Great list 🙂
Me too! I loved the book and even though Heathcliff’s vengeance was a bit much it was what made the book so great.
Ya, know. I’ve never read a Jane Austin book. I want to, they just intimidate me.
There were times when I would have liked the Collins to delve into the minds of other characters in The Hunger Games. Seeing things from Peeta’s perspective or Gale’s would have added something to the series. Especially if we got a glimpse into Peeta’s mind during his time as a Capitol prisoner.
Check out my TTT:
http://pagestoexplore.blogspot.com/2015/09/top-ten-tuesday-ten-characters-you-just.html
oh goodness yes to Heathcliff – I still have not finished WH because of him. And I hadn’t thought about Frank Churchill but I totally agree with him too. My TTT
One character for me is Christina from Divergent. Something about the way she is seen doesn’t haver intrigued with her. She just seemed like the annoying background friend.
Ann Benning
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Oh. I am not particularly a Katniss fan though I like Hunger Games. 🙂 The One and Only is in my TBR list. What are your thoughts about that book? Is it a goodread? 🙂
Here’s my own list: http://wp.me/p4ZhSl-be. Let’s be friends? 🙂
I’m not a big fan of the series. I think it was the writing that did it for me. It was just poorly written in my opinion.
I quite understand your point. 🙂
Neat list. A few of these I’ve been waiting to read!
Here’s mine http://wonderstruck-kcks.blogspot.com/2015/09/characters-i-just-didnt-click-with.html
Happy Reading!