Characters from books you HATE (that you're not supposed to!)

[Shiningdew]

I have just finished The House I Grew Up In (Lisa Jewell) and I liked it but I couldn't stand Meg, the oldest daughter.

I got the feeling she'd really, really annoy me if I knew her Smug, judgemental, bossy and mumsy.

I also didn't like Jill, of the Ruby Ferguson pony books, as a kid. She was always so intolerant of anyone nervy round horses!

Who are yours? I'm sure I have more ...

[TPel]

Jo March in Little Women. Insufferable. I'm glad Laurie didn't marry her.

Emma as mentioned earlier

Helen Burns in Jane Eyre Yes I'm a bad person for that one.

[TitaniumOvaries]

Anna Karenina. I was glad when she finally

[TitaniumOvaries]

Oh and Paris in Homer's Iliad. WHAT a weasely, wife-stealing, spineless little cowardly wanker. He was lucky he had a big brother like Hector. Now him, I am still a bit in love with.

[TheEagle]

Yy to the 2 in One Day. Especially Dexter!

Also hated the wife in Us. Didn't much like the husband or son either.

[legohurtswhenyoustandonit]

Not a book, but Mary Poppins. Can't stand her.

[Ubik1]

Pollyanna

Amy March

[Chippednailvarnish]

Yep, Tess. I just wanted to slap her and her feckless parents...

[ReluctantCamper]

Also not a book, but I thought Carrie Bradshaw was a tiresome fuck up. In a similar vein, when Bridget Jones came out there was a bit of a trend of people claiming to be just like her. given that she barely managed to function as an adult, I'm not too sure why you'd want to advertise that fact.

[Cheeezz]

Bella in the twilight books. Bell end.

[Tinfoiled]

I think Emily Bronte made cathy and heathcliff deliberately unsympathetic. There's actually not a nice character in the whole novel!

[Elllicam]

Agree with Jo March, quite liked Amy though. Marmee was a bit of a pain as well.

[Tinfoiled]

Except maybe for Hareton at the very end...

[ClashCityRocker]

Frannie from The Stand.

She seems to think everything revolves around her and has a distinct lack of spunk.

Also, Ursula from life after life. She's ducking boring.

[beaucoupdemojo]

I think Cathy and Heathcliff are supposed to be unlikeable.

Mine is Maggie in Mill on the Floss - like in Tess, I wished she'd stip being so bloody wet and do something good for herself!

[AnneEtAramis]

God, all of them in Little Women. I have a special bit of hatred for Jo but I couldn't bear any of them.

Rose, in The Dust That Falls From Dreams.

[bialystockandbloom]

biscuits it was Esther I think, in Bleak House. And I agree! Sometimes nicknamed Dame Durden, which totally suited her.

I never liked Jane in Pride & Prejudice. Maybe she was supposed to be the symbol of subservient woman at the time, but god she was dull. Though maybe we weren't supposed to like her.

[HarrietVane99]

Jane Austen didn't expect anyone to like Emma, but at least she had a bit of spirit, even if most of what she did was wrong. Fanny Price, now there's a wet dishrag of a character.

And most of Dickens' heroines are dripping wet.

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Everyone in jane Austin's poor little niece one, (sorry dislike them all so much refuse to remember any names)

[PavlovtheCat]

Fitz in the Robin Hobb books.

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Sorry hadn't read the whole thread then saw this just above mine:

Jane Austen didn't expect anyone to like Emma, but at least she had a bit of spirit, even if most of what she did was wrong. Fanny Price, now there's a wet dishrag of a character.

[SouthWestmom]

Lego - Mary Poppins is a book! It was a book first!

[Tanito279]

Whatshername, the shopaholic. Learn to budget, you stupid woman!

[Gwenhwyfar]

"The protagonist in Shantaram."

Well, yeah he got involved with the mafia and went to fight in a war. Kind of an anti-hero really.

[Tanito279]

Oh and Titanium, I totally agree with you!

[Gwenhwyfar]

"given that she [Bridget Jones] barely managed to function as an adult"

She had a career in TV, plenty of friends and a close relationship with her parents. Her life wasn't all she wanted, but it wasn't that bad.