UNPOPULAR BOOK OPINION: Loved Female Characters I Dislike

Hello!

I have just posted a short blog post on my Books Amino account regarding a certain well-loved female character that I find insufferable, whiny, and just outright annoying.

And not surprisingly, I received quite a lot of defensive comments about said character. Be it that a character has been through a lot, has PTSD, is a strong representation of what females go through in real life yet people like me undermine, etc.

Now, you must realize that I didn't write the things I wrote to undermine any real-life issues because I'm not that disrespectful of others. 

I was talking about how I find just this one specific FICTIONAL character annoying because of all her complaints. 

That's it.

But people get their panties in a bunch all the freaking time!

You got your own opinions, so do I.

That's when I realized that most (if not all) of my bookish thoughts usually categorize as unpopular book opinions.

And I don't care. 

I'm still going to write about it, post it, share it. 

Here's the list of Loved Female Characters I Dislike.

*In no particular order unless specified*

1.The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Adelina Amouteru

This girl is legit numero uno on my list of disliked (I may even say hate) female characters I've ever had the misfortune to read about.

Yes, I know she was written to be that way since it's an anti-hero series or whatever but that is not a good enough reason for me.

It didn't make my reading from her point of view or just reading about her any easier or less cringe worthy.

Killing, hurting, abandoning, and torturing people who looked at her differently, did not like her, or insulted her? And then getting all giddy with excitement as you hurt others? You are cuckoo, girl!

She was a nobody who thinks she deserves the right to  take revenge on everybody because her dad didn't love her. In my opinion, that's just throwing an ill-placed tantrum.

Grow up.

I literally gave away the 2nd book to the series without even opening the book because I made the mistake of buying it even if I haven't read the 1st book which I didn't know I'd come to hate so much. 

If there ever was a book that I'm willing to throw in a pit of fire, it's The Young Elites. Sorry, Marie Lu.

2. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

Cleo Bellos

Watching an innocent man get killed in front of you when you have the authority to stop it but didn't because you're afraid that people will find out you're no longer a virgin?

You are messed up in the head, girl.

In this series which I was super excited to read, we meet this spoiled princess who, of course, gets everything handed to her. Even the life of an old wine seller.

I don't care if she felt bad about it later on in the book. She just watched! Because gods forbid that her nation find out her drunken shenanigans with her fiance!

And all throughout the series, where people are dying and starving to death all around her, she had the audacity to whine and feel so depressed about her "sad miserable life" because she doesn't want to get married to the boy her father chose for her. Boo-bloody-hoo!

Thanks to her character, I am greatly hesitating on picking up the 2nd-5th book to the series.

3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Annabeth Chase

From the get-go, I never liked Annabeth.

Yes, you want to throw me to the deepest depths of Tartarus by saying or even thinking it.

I find her character insufferable and attention whore-ish.

Yeah she's smart and saved Percy and the mortal world lots of times... But I don't feel any love for her character. 

I don't get hurt when she gets hurt. I don't feel happy when she's happy. She's a whatever character if there ever was one.

Also, I didn't like the way she's throwing tantrums because Percy is too blind to see that she likes him. Speak up! Not everybody's as observant as you are, Daughter of Athena.

4. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Hermione Granger

*dodges Avada Kedavra curses from readers!*

Stop it! I am entitled to my own opinions! No matter how unpopular they may be.

To quote Professor Snape: "Nobody likes an insufferable know-it-all, Ms. Granger."

I find Hermione very rude. Just because most of the people around her can't keep up with her intelligence, she feels like she has the right to look down on them and show off just to prove her point. Which she does all the freaking time!

If she was my classmate, I'd have spent a lot of detention time with Filch, we could've been best friends, that squib and I.

She is very rude. She is so dramatic. She is an attention whore. She is annoying as heck. 

Thanks for saving Harry and Ron's lives. You may go away now.

5. The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov

I feel so bad for the entire Grisha world because their future relies on this unstable and indecisive girl.

She is so desperate at times, I cringe when I read about her escapades. 

Also, she's one of the whiniest people I've had the misfortune to read about! 

How can this girl be considered the most powerful Grisha?

Whenever she comes across trouble, all she does is exclaim "This is it. We're done for! We're going to die. I haven't even ended up with my bestfriend yet!". Not exactly that but you get the drift. 

You have powers, girl! Use it! Then shut your bloody mouth.

6. The Selection by Keira Cass

Eadlyn Schreave

Yet another princess who feels like she has it all bad just because her parents are forcing her to marry someone she doesn't love.

What's worse here is that she herself is a product of an arranged marriage. It's not even arranged because she's presented with choices! 

Boy, must it be so difficult to have a dozen of well-known and handsome men to choose from!

"I am my own person and I don't need a man!" says the girl who is sired by the king who paraded around with women and chose her mother in the end. 

Yes, nice speech.

I didn't even bother reading the last 2 books of this series. Reading about Maxon and America (her parents) was enough of a chore. I don't need a little whiny girl who took up from both her parents' worst characteristics.

7. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Sargent

Have you seen or heard the way she talks to people? 

She's very rude. 

She has this thing where she goes up to people's face, jab a finger, and yell at you.

I dare you to re-read the entire Raven Cycle series and count all the times that the author said "Blue yelled/screamed/exclaimed" instead of the usual and normal way of just wording "Blue said,". 

It's so exhausting to read from her point of view because she has a desperate and pathetic need of approval from everyone around her! You also have to acknowledge her because if you don't, you'll find yourself being jabbed by a finger to your chest and being dared to overlook her one more time.

She has so many issues with being short, with being complimented when it's so obvious that she's asking for attention.

If there's one thing I won't be missing now that the series is over, it's Blue.

8. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray

There are only 2 things that Clary Fray keep on saying throughout the entire 6-book series of Mortal Instruments:

(1). "We have to find and rescue my mom!"

(2). "Jace!"

The feelings behind her constant struggles are legit heart-wrenching and well placed. But after 6 books (which are pretty long books), it's tiring. It just comes off as whiny and over-used.

I mean doesn't she have anything else to worry about? She doesn't even care that she's putting the entire world in danger so long as she gets those 2 people.

I find that selfish and irresponsible. 

Also, she is stubborn as heck. Tell her not to do one thing, she'll get out of her way to do it anyway.

Half of the series wouldn't have happened if Clary listened. But of course, she didn't.

She's as bad as Blue Sargent if you ask me. She's tiny and rude as well.

Thank the Angel that we're done reading about her! I will miss Jace, though. 

9. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Feyre 

The reason I started to write this post.

I know what a PTSD is. I know it's not easy to get out of it. I'm a first-hand witness to that.

But I can't get past her issues which she caused herself whenever I try to read A Court of Mist and Fury. 

I'm going to love it, I'm sure. But only when Feyre shuts up, probably.

I know you all love ACOMAF and it's the best thing you've read this year or forever. But that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone will agree with you. So maybe I'm that 1 of 100 who didn't like this character. That's fine.

All I can say is, I'm so sad I can't get into ACOMAF because Feyre is just annoying the crap out of me. I can't read from her POV. I just can't! 

10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Cath

I understand why a lot of readers automatically like Cath when reading Fangirl. 

You get to connect with her in an instant because she loves reading and is an ultimate fangirl, like most of us!

However, I found her rude, selfish, and spoiled.

She tries so hard to attach herself to her twin. She literally looks down on people who have different taste in books, movies, and anything fangirl-worthy than her. She's annoying.

I could't find the strength to appreciate and love her as much as everybody else seem to.

I admit, though, I totally understand her obsession with Simon and Baz. That's it. That's the limit of my agreeing and liking her.

Although I disliked their characters, I am going to say that they're ALL beautifully written characters. 

I know it's just my own personal preference that I didn't particularly enjoy reading from or about these girls. But I won't deny that they belong in amazing books.

Each of them has and will probably develop their characters more but I just don't have the patience to read them anymore. 

There are far too many books to read out there and new characters to get to know and probably love, so why settle to reading about those you strongly disagree with?

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