Ten Literary Characters That Grind My Gears

HAPPY WEDNESDAY EVERYONE!

I feel like in my many years of reading random books across many genres, I have encountered a couple of characters that have ruffled my feathers. Generally, I consider myself a pretty lenient reader and I rate books fairly lax. But once in a blue moon, I will meet a character that irritates me. Honestly, if I could meet these characters in real life, I may have given them a smack down already. Now, all of these mini rants are my own personal feelings toward those characters. If you love them, that is great for you! I'm not here to pick a fight with anyone and I don't want you guys to hate me because I hate some fictional character. <3 <3 <3

1 & 2. America Singer & Eadlyn Schreave from The Selection series

 

Like mother, like daughter with these two. Out of the two, I dislike Eadlyn more. For America, I feel like she is more of a naive character. As for her daughter, that girl is SPOILED. Legit, Eadlyn is born as the crowned princess to an entire country and then later becomes queen, and complains that someone is annoying for wanting her life style. She is so out of touch with her people that I wouldn't be surprised if she gets over thrown. 

3. Abbey from The Hollow series

Abbey was a character that I was fully content with. When you read about her, she wasn't someone that you either hated or loved. She was pretty normal (except she can see ghosts). It wasn't until the last 10 pages of the entire series that made me want to tear my hair out. Girl, I get that you love your boyfriend and all, but that choice you made was STUPID. I don't want a character who's sole purpose in life is her dedication to her boyfriend and nothing else.

4. Meghan Chase from The Iron Fey series

Meghan is what I imagine the older generation, 60+, thinks of when they think of "teenagers." She is a character with a very very VERY slow character development. Her thoughts mostly consist of her dark prince and then maybe like 30% everything else. She is that type of person where someone goes "Don't touch that!" and you know what she does? She touches it. Then she wonders why she gets punished for touching the thing. 

5. Zoey Redbird from House of Night series

Take this rant I have about Zoey with a grain of salt. I haven't finished the series, but I have read 8 out of the 12 books in this series. I think that's enough info gathering for me to decide whether or not I like Zoey. If she by any chance changes in the last 4 books, good for her! I feel as if Zoey is a character that the authors tried to pass off as "naive" and "innocent," but that only works for the first 1-2 books. NOT ALL EIGHT lol...

6. Teresa Agnes from The Maze Runner series

I really liked her in the book, but then I hated her for very spoilery reasons. Can't touch on much more of her because I don't want to ruin the series for anyone that hasn't read it.

7. Hazel Lancaster from The Fault in Our Stars

Now, I've had many talks with my friends who are in love with this book. Yes, I know that she is sick, and yes I know she hasn't had the best life ever, but that doesn't give her an automatic pass for me. Personally, I think her personality didn't fit me. Every time I read about her, I just rolled my eyes. Everything felt so dramatic for me. Just my personal opinion though. 

8. Xifeng from Rise of the Empress series

Xifeng is probably the best written character out of this list. The reason I don't like her is because of how cunning she is. She is a person that I would never ever want to meet in person. She will gladly throw you in a burning pit and watch you die in pleasure. She is so cruel to everyone that I'll be surprised if anyone truly enjoys her. She wasn't what I was expecting for the main character of this series.

9. Odessa from Reign of the Fallen series

Odessa is one of the characters that everyone in the book praises for her skills. Every chapter had a praise for her, but she never lived up to her praises. She's said to be very cunning, but a page later, she nearly gets herself killed for doing something that no sane person would do. I just wanted to reach into the book and shake her. WHY DO YOU DO THINGS THAT EVERYONE HAS ADVISE YOU AGAINST.

10. Ethan Wate from Beautiful Creatures series

Ethan was just very creepy to me. I feel like he is a middle aged woman in a body of a 16 year old male. Ethan also has the "I'm obviously very smart and kind, therefore I am better than 90% of the other people in this town" personality. Is there a word for that? He's also very hypocritical. He judges his classmates for judging people for their money, looks, or how often they pray in church. Then, when Lena arrives to town, on of his first thoughts is " I wonder if she's hot." Jeez Ethan...

Welp, that is it everyone! Characters that I did not like to read about. Are there any characters you didn't enjoy? Are there any from this list that you actually love? Want to try and convince me on why I should love them? LOL