Top Ten Most Frustrating Characters Ever!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books. This week we are looking at characters who frustrated us to no end!
Top Ten Seven Most Frustrating Characters Ever
[reading with clenched fists]
1.) Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – I love Harry Potter as much as the next guy, but this book was an angst-fest.
2.) Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games – I’m fairly certain I’m not alone in this.
3.) Katie Fisher in Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult – The Amish girl playing dumb in the face of a very serious accusation. I just didn’t like her and I felt zero sympathy for her. Was I supposed to?
4.) A in Every Day by David Levithan – Though it’s not A’s fault, it would be very frustrating to live a life where your body is not your own. It frustrated me just thinking about it.
5.) Jessica Darling in the Jessica Darling Quintet –By book three, I found her to be incredibly annoying and I was having trouble understanding her actions/choices. Especially quitting her internship after just a few days because she just didn’t like the people.
6.) Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein – He lost me when he abandoned his creation because he just couldn’t bear the ugliness of what he created. That did not ring true to me for a real scientist to feel that way. From that point forward, I just wanted to kick him. Team monster!
7.) Greg Hefley in Diary of Wimpy Kid – I rarely find anything redeeming in that book. I support it and buy it and recommend it to students, but I pretty much despise it on a personal level.
…and that’s all I could come up with. I know there were a few others that had me clenching my fists, but I can’t remember them. Maybe reading y’alls posts will jog my memory (grad student brain, I guess).
Which literary characters did you find the most frustrating?
Posted on January 29, 2013, in books, librarian, lists and tagged retro, Top Ten Tuesday. Bookmark the permalink. 23 Comments.
Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice – I like her but she’s such a snob to Darcy!
Harry Potter in general for me – I love the books, love the story, but by the end of it I started thinking Voldemort might have a point…
Seriously, not Bella Swan? First of all, there’s her name. I mean, c’mon. And then there’s her, “I’m so unworthy. How could someone as awesome as Edward ever love me’, view of herself. At least she had a hot werewolf to draw her out of her deep depression – there’s no way she would have ever had enough sense of herself to do it on her own.
There it is! My #8! How could I have forgotten Bella Swan? Even her NAME frustrates me.
OOOH! YES! BELLA!
Agreed.
Catherine Earnshaw. I don’t know if I love her or I hate her.
I definitely agree about Harry in Order of the Phoenix – he was so aggravating to read about in that book! Even though a lot of his anger was kind of justified, I felt like he should have just calmed down and listened to someone for once. On saying that, the main character in the book I’m reading at the moment is really frustrating me, she’s so angry at everything and everyone, and whenever anything bad happens she’s very much “oh, just my luck AGAIN”, but at the same time I can see why the author has made her like that… it still doesn’t make her any more likable though!
A did live a frustrating existence… I had a hard time imagining him ever finding a happily ever after and it was really hard to root for him knowing there wasn’t much of a possibility of winning for him. I also had Jessica Darling on my list– I became increasingly unable to put up with her stupid decisions as the series went along.
I totally agree with 1 & 2. Book 5 is such a chore to get through because of Harry’s angst. And I didn’t even think of Dr. Frankenstein, but you’re so right. He was an absolute jerk when it came to his creation.
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agree with Harry.. and also the Wimpy Kid series comment – I know my son loves the series but this is one book series that I could not get into (normally I do read most books my kids are reading)
What about Dumbledore himself? A supposedly wise and damn powerful wizard, who continually puts the lives of hundreds of kids in danger, constantly employs sociopaths, and lets one member of his staff emotionally abuse one kid for his entire school career, and lets one groom others.
20 points from Gryffindor, Dumbly.
Nice list! A from Every Day definitely got on my nerves. He’s on my list too.
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Kristina Snow from Ellen Hopkins’ “Crank” series.
I’m on the second book, and her addiction and shallow attitude are making it really hard to like her.
I’m with you on Harry in book 5! I just started rereading it last night and I want to bash his skull in at times.
Jude in Jude the obscure – Thomas Hardy – wanted him to get some backbone, and I loved Katniss – so feisty.
Definitely with you on Jessica Darling–she made my list too. Love her but she makes me really glad that I am no longer a teen:)
Enjoyed your list:)
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Totally with you on Dr. Frankenstein!
Aw poor Katniss. I do kind of agree, though. I see what you mean about Harry, but Harry could never frustrate me. I found his angst to be very much rational based on the situations he was in and just everything he had to deal with. And he does mature! So that helped me not think of him as frustrating. I’m not happy to hear that Jessica Darling becomes frustrating as the series goes on. So far I’ve read Sloppy Firsts and am about to read Second Helpings. I guess I’ll wait and see what happens with her!
Surprised you didn’t mention Bella of the Twilight series. Many people find her self-involved and mopey.
Definantly gwen from mystery man by kristen Ashley. Seriously, who lets a man treat them like that?! Was so frustrated with her I couldn’t finish the book! That woman needed someone to slap some sense into her!
Harry annoyed me so much in that book, especially considering it’s one of my favourites in the series. I also dislike Tris from Divergent. She seems way too obsessed with Four than she is with her family and friends. SPOILERS- Her mom gets shot and she couldn’t care less. Her friend Will who we spent about a chapter getting to know dies? Oh jeez, there’s the entire next book plot laid out. Oh, and Four from I am Number Four is just too selfless. He’s a bit of a Mary Sue.