Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday – a weekly feature hosted by those lovely bookworms over at The Broke and the Bookish. Expect a new top ten list every week!
| Top Ten… Characters I Didn’t Click With |
This week’s Top Ten is about those irritating, needy, selfish characters that you really didn’t connect with. Included are novels and series I love, those I hate and those which just have incredibly annoying or frustrating characters. I found this Top Ten quite tough so (thanks to Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies) have included character transformations where I grew to love a character over the course of the novel and a few supporting/side characters to flesh it out.
| The Irritating Ones |
| 1. |
Jonathon Payne & David Jones
Payne & Jones Series by Chris Kuzneski
I hated everything about this book. The characters were immature and badly written as was the narrative. Never again.
| 2. |
Renna Tanner
The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett
I adore this series but if I hear “love you Arlen Bales” one more time…
| 3. |
Bella Swan
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Oh get a grip woman. I can’t see why any man, dog or cannibal would go for you let alone several.
| 4. |
Cornelius Fudge
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Voldemort is back I tell you! He’s back!
| 5. |
Mr. Collins
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I know we’re not meant to like you but you really are a disgusting creep.
| 6. |
Susan Pevensie
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Narnia or nylons, Susan? Narnia every time!!
| 7. |
Yelena Zaltana
Study Series by Maria V. Snyder
Meh.
| The Ones I Grew to Love |
| 8. |
Edmund Pevensie
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Oh Edmund, what were you thinking? Turkish Delight isn’t even nice! But you became a good and noble king. Bravo.
| 9. |
Malta Vestrit
The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb
Selfish and spoiled little sister to one of my favourite characters. Transformation complete.
| 10. |
Marianne Dashwood
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Cruel Marianne! Poor Colonel Brandon. But you saw right in the end.
What about you? Are there any literary characters you found it hard to connect with? If you would like to join in with Top Ten Tuesday, head on over to The Broke and the Bookish and sign up!
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Definitely agree with Yelena.
I always felt kind of bad for Edmund, though, honestly. I mean, he’s an idiot, but he’s got serious middle-child syndrome and he was never going to live up to Golden Child Peter, so of course he ended up on the villainous track. Also, not nearly as awful as Eustace.
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Yeah and Edmund did redeem himself in the end. I suppose the whole point of him anyway was to be tempted by something stupid, see the error of his ways and be forgiven. Oh and I completely forgot about Eustace! Yes thoroughly dislikeable!
I think we are in the minority with Yelena though 😉
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Totally agree with you about Susan – and Edmund – and how you categorized them. And YES to your commentary on Bella 🙂 Thanks for stopping by My TTT earlier!
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Thank you! 😀
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such a nice list! Incidentally – graphic of your blog is great…! Just loved it.
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Thank you! 😀
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Ah, Cornelius Fudge. I thought of him too and then forgot. And Mr. Collins! Yes! Omg he’s annoying.
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Yay for wilful stupidity!
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Ha ha, Cornelius Fudge is such a nitwit! And you’re so right about Susan and her stupid nylons. Great list! (And thanks for the shout-out!). Oh yes, and Marianne — I just finished an audiobook listen, and I just wanted to reach through my headphones and give her a good shake. Great list!
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Haha thanks! Who knew wearing a pair of tights and Narnia were mutually exclusive anyway?! Surely she could have had both!
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Lol — Cornelius Fudge is such a nitwit. And Susan has always been my least favorite of the Pevensies because she’s so bossy. But Edmund is my favorite. (However, Turkish Delight is gross. I was terribly disappointed by it, having imagined for years that it was like baklava with jam. Ugh.)
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Haha very true! I think authors tend to go through life depicting all Susans as bossy and insufferable know-it-alls!
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