To ask which book characters irrationally annoy you?

[WaterBird]

I'm currently reading the play "The Rise and Fall of Arturo UI" by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (though it takes place in Chicago). There is a fairly minor character (at least at the point in the play where I'm at) called Young Dogsborough, whose father is a major character in his 80's. Any time the son says anything, it is to unnecessarily agree with the father. For example if the father says, "They've gone", the son will then say "My father says they've gone."
Which book characters have you felt annoyed by?

Lionel Shriver herself.

So glad (ironically) to see Pollyanna mentioned.

My mum gave me that book when I was about 10 and held her up as a perfect role model. It took me until my 30s to be able to articulate everything that was wrong with it, and why it made me so angry.

Agree with a pp about Winston Smith, but I kind of feel like you're not really supposed to like him.

Snape from Harry Potter. Yes he ended up being the all heroic double agent but he still relentlessly bullied an innocent 11 year old boy because his bloody teenage crush died. Nasty piece of work.

Anne of Green Gables.

Thomas (the tank). He is a selfish little arsehole.
And all the other whining little friends he has.

(After googling) Becky Bloomwood , the reason I gave up on 'chic lit' what an annoying, silly Character.

@moanger yep Dick was definitely the best Kirrin.

Leave Anne alone!

She had a horrific start in life, it's not her fault she's a little bit dramatic and over eager to please.

Bella Swan.

Thomas (the tank). He is a selfish little arsehole.

Oh God yes.

Elinor Oliphant - I could `t warm to her and Bella from Twilight Saga - insipid

Oh I know Anne had a tough start. Doesn’t stop me finding her annoying especially when she keeps up that ridiculous feud with Gilbert for bloody years.

I won’t have a word said against Anne of GG.

I love the second Mrs de winter but yes I do want to stage an intervention and go ‘look love: 1) up to London with you and get a whole new wardrobe and a nice London ladies’ maid who’s On Your Side, 2) ask the maid if she knows any good housekeepers looking a new job, 3) get a big book of etiquette, watch that ted talk about power, get danvers out, Marie Kondo R’s lovely room and get on with life. The end.’

Susan from the Swallows and Amazons books

Thomas (the tank). He is a selfish little arsehole

He’s a little prick.

And don’t get me started on James ‘vain but lots of fun’. WTAF.

Beth, from Little Women, farting around bring virtuous and helping the poor from her death bed. I always felt sorry for Amy who was portrayed as shallow and vain just because she didn't want to spend her whole time ministering to the sick!

Dumbledore
Jon Snow

Amy March is a twat. Chucking manuscripts in the fire, whining about pickled limes, being a general pain in arse. Ugh.

And so unsuited to that Laurie too. It pleases me to know their marriage will have been a miserable one.

The person who said Ann from the famous five I’m with you!

Ugh,Thomas! Has any good EVER resulted from an idea “flying into his funnel?”

Jane Eyre; why did she not catch consumption from her friend in the first chapter and spare us two million pages of mimsy whining and stupidity? Why did she not take the money that she earned when she left? Why did she not starve to death when she had the chance? Don’t answer these questions because I don’t care, she’s an insipid little goody two shoes and a total waste of paper.

Samuel Whiskas. I had nightmares as a small child about him turning Tom Kitten into a roly poly pudding. Beatrix Potter’s drawing of Tom with pastry all round him reduced me to hysterics.

The family in the tiger who cane to tea. They way the mother just stands there simpering while that ill mannered arsehole tiger eats every scrap of food in the house, then fucks off without so much as a by your leave. I keep wondering if it’s a regular occurrence since the dad doesn’t seem the least bit surprised when he comes home and has to take them all out for tea. Probably thinking “ffs Barbara, not again” and having to hide her gin.

I love Marianne Dashwood. She is pretty much me at seventeen.