Hi everyone and welcome to another Top 5 Wednesdays! Top 5 Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted on a Goodreads Group, the link to which I have included here in case any of you would like to join.
Today’s topic is Favorite “Unlikeable” Protagonists, or protagonists that people normally hate but I actually enjoy reading about. Here we go:
MARGO ROTH SPIEGELMAN
Paper Towns by John Green
I’ve actually read quite a lot of reviews and hear a lot of people who don’t quite like Margo but I really did somehow. She did seem slightly unlikeable in a few parts, but overall I think I really liked her as a character.
JACE WAYLAND
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
In the latter half of the series, Jace wasn’t quite likeable. I loved Jace in the first book and even though he wasn’t quite as fantastic in the subsequent books, I stil love Jace. ❤
NICK DUNNE
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Many reviews hate on Nick because lets face it, Nick and Amy did horrible things to each other. But I never really hated Nick. He was just a normal guy trapped in a loveless marriage, and I do like him as a narrator and a character!
SADIE KANE
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
This one’s actually surprising for me because I simply love Sadie! Still many of my friends find her unlikeable and that annoys me because I find her fantabulous, and quirky and so badass.
EUSTACE CLARENCE SCRUBB
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Lets face it – Eustace was terribly unlikeable in the beginning of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. But he became better eventually and I do like him as a character!
And thats all for today! Hope you have a great day!
I agree with Jace! He was pretty good at first but he totally changed as the series goes on. And yeah, Eustace development is amazing too!
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“One boy was named Eustace, and he almost deserved it” (is that how the quote goes?) Totally agree, either way.
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I think that is how it goes. Thank you!
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I love that you included Nick Dunne on this list! I put Amy on my list because I personally found her a lot more fascinating, and horrible, than Nick, but I also enjoy Nick as a character. He makes some bad decisions but he gets more hate than he deserves.
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I’m so glad someone agrees with me because I kind of liked Amy too. She made the whole book worth reading for me because I was so stunned by all the things she did!
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Great post! I have to say I didn’t like Nick (in the movie, I haven’t read the book yet) because he could have just left… And he chose the easy way instead. He was a bit pathetic in my opinion. Sure, nothing justified what Amy did to him, ever. But I didn’t root for either of them.
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I haven’t watched the movie yet but I want to now. Nick was a bit pathetic in quite a large portion of the book but the only reason I liked him was that he was hopelessly stuck in everything Amy threw at him
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Yeah, a manipulative/abusive relationship will do that to a person… You kind of don’t know how you can leave, or that you CAN leave at all. I might have been a bit harsh on him… Hmm.
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Oh yes! Margo put me off ‘Paper Towns’! Great post.
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Thank you!! 😀
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You’re welcome. ^^
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