I Don't Like You!

KC Hughes · 09-01-2011, 12:02 PM

There I said it. I'm readig a book in which I don't like the MC. She's a reporter and, get this, named Lois. She doesn't have one likability factor or trait. I stopped reading it because she's flat, boring and not likable.

I just had to vent!

Is there a good book that you can reco, preferably cheap, with a character that I can like, or hate immensely?

KC

DiapDealer · 09-01-2011, 12:03 PM

Check out the Reading Recommendations subforum. Your answer may already be there.

taustin · 09-01-2011, 12:11 PM

You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

KC Hughes · 09-01-2011, 12:15 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

Taustin, hah! Didn't know there was a phrase for what I felt. Thanks!

KC

taustin · 09-01-2011, 01:25 PM

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Taustin, hah! Didn't know there was a phrase for what I felt. Thanks!

KC

To use it in the traditional, proper manner, they must be uttered while flinging the book against the wall, there to remain until the rats eat the paper or it decomposes from mold. Deserving the Eight Deadly Words is the worst sin an author (or make of movies or television) can possibly commit.

carpetmojo · 09-01-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by taustin

You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

Phogg · 09-01-2011, 05:59 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

I love etymology.

Phogg · 09-01-2011, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by taustin

To use it in the traditional, proper manner, they must be uttered while flinging the book against the wall, there to remain until the rats eat the paper or it decomposes from mold. Deserving the Eight Deadly Words is the worst sin an author (or make of movies or television) can possibly commit.

Oh noez!

Thread in danger of turning into another rant about Thomas Covenant.

JSWolf · 09-01-2011, 06:08 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

Not as interesting as the Seven dirty words.

JSWolf · 09-01-2011, 06:12 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

A Passage to India all the characters except one. That is how bad it is and how well the eight deadly words fit.

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series... the two main characters Claire Randall and James Fraser the eight deadly words highly apply.

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged The entire book is based on the eight deadly words as they apply to John Galt.

Sure there are lots of books that these words fit. But these are just a some examples.

JeremyR · 09-01-2011, 06:12 PM

The other day I was reading a book where the main character was a real jerk, a blackmailer, basically.

The Paradise Mystery by J.S. Fletcher (which is a public domain novel and available here)

I actually didn't read most of it, but did skip to the end to see if he got his comeuppance.

ScalyFreak · 09-01-2011, 09:51 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

The single biggest reason I stop reading a book. If I'm not the least bit interested in what happens to the characters, there's no point reading further.

astra · 09-02-2011, 06:20 PM

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You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

I like it

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Oh noez!

Thread in danger of turning into another rant about Thomas Covenant.

6 books were purchased (the first two trilogy). 6 books were thrown away after reading 1/2 of the first one.

JSWolf · 09-02-2011, 08:36 PM

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I like it

6 books were purchased (the first two trilogy). 6 books were thrown away after reading 1/2 of the first one.

The series does start slow. You should have continued (IMHO). The books are very good.

astra · 09-03-2011, 12:03 PM

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The series does start slow. You should have continued (IMHO). The books are very good.

I despised the protagonist.

09-01-2011, 12:02 PM	#1
KC Hughes Author, Man in the Mirror Posts: 25 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Arizona Device: Kindle	I Don't Like You! There I said it. I'm readig a book in which I don't like the MC. She's a reporter and, get this, named Lois. She doesn't have one likability factor or trait. I stopped reading it because she's flat, boring and not likable. I just had to vent! Is there a good book that you can reco, preferably cheap, with a character that I can like, or hate immensely? KC

09-01-2011, 12:03 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,547 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Check out the Reading Recommendations subforum. Your answer may already be there.

09-01-2011, 12:11 PM	#3
taustin Wizard Posts: 1,358 Karma: 5766642 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Nook	You have discovered the power of The Eight Deadly Words

09-01-2011, 06:12 PM	#11
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	The other day I was reading a book where the main character was a real jerk, a blackmailer, basically. The Paradise Mystery by J.S. Fletcher (which is a public domain novel and available here) I actually didn't read most of it, but did skip to the end to see if he got his comeuppance.

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