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 ...

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.

Anna Karenina. I was glad when she finally

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.

Yy to the 2 in One Day. Especially Dexter!

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

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

Pollyanna

Amy March

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

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.

Bella in the twilight books. Bell end.

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

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

Except maybe for Hareton at the very end...

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

Fitz in the Robin Hobb books.

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.

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

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

"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.

Oh and Titanium, I totally agree with you!

"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.