Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Ten Characters You Just Didn't Click With

Everyone encounters characters while reading that we just don't click with. It could be anything that causes this disconnect, but it really affects the way I see a book. They are often few and far between, but some of them really stick out. This week's Top Ten Tuesday is all about these characters. These are the characters I didn't jive with.

1) Sally and Gillian Owens (Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman) - These two ladies were not the witches I wanted. The writing style in this book make it really hard to connect with any of the characters, but I wanted to like them so much!

2) Nix (Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge) - From the beginning Nix and I just didn't get along. Most of the time she was too whiny and indecisive for me to like, I didn't trust the characters she did and overall it just didn't gel for me.

3) June (Legend by Marie Lu) - While I was reading Legend, I couldn't connect with June. I just could not understand her motives and why she did the things she did. Day worked a little better for me, but overall I didn't connect well to this book.

4) Jacob (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) - During the first half of this book, I really liked Jacob. Once we arrived on the island though, things really went down hill for me. Jacob seemed like a totally different character and I didn't like the decisions he was making.

5) Isabel the Shifter (Mistwood by Leah Cypess) - This character was so frustrating. I didn't click with her at all! Instead of being an interesting, mysterious character, I found her boring character without a lot of depth.

6) Trinity (Scorched by Mari Mancusi) - Too much love triangling to make me like this girl!

7) Dan Crawford (Asylum by Madeline Roux) - Dan is really paranoid and makes a lot of dumb decisions so most of the time I was just frustrated with him.

8) Tris Prior (Divergent by Veronica Roth) - I liked Tris. I really liked her. I just didn't really like her all the time. Sometimes I found it really hard to connect with her and found her to be too cold. Overall, I just didn't like her as much as most readers.

9) Cassie (Ice by Sarah Beth Durst) - This GIRL! GAH!

10) Rose (This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki) - I don't have a good reason for this one either. Rose just wasn't a character I really enjoyed reading about. She was a typical teenager and I just had a time connecting with her.

Who did you have a hard time clicking with?

8 comments:

  1. I think my biggest problem with Tris was that she became so whiny and indecisive in the second book. I felt like she had a big character shift. I guess some people really like her but she's middling in my list of YA heroines.

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    1. I'm glad so many people feel the same way! Before I felt like everyone loved Tris, but she did annoy me a lot. :D

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  2. I felt the same way about Tris and June - to be honest, I couldn't be bothered to finish either or these trilogies because I just didn't care about what happened to either of these characters.

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    1. I never finished the Legend trilogy. I just did not care about those characters at all!

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  3. I could see why you had those feelings about Tris. She annoyed me at times but others, I just forgave.

    My TTT! @ LazyBookLovers

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  4. I had Tris on my list this week too!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/top-ten-tuesday-20/

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  5. I've seen Tris show up a lot today but I haven't read the Divergent books yet so I have no opinion to contribute lol My TTT

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    1. I enjoyed them overall, especially the first two books, but Tris was just hard for me to like.

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