It’s Tuesday, September 1st, which means that it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is: Ten Characters You Just Didn’t Click With.
1. Pen from Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
I don’t really know why, she was an interesting heroine, I think I just couldn’t suspend my disbelief of the whole situation, so although I liked her, I didn’t quite click with her.
2. Greg from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
I mentioned in my review that I wasn’t Greg’s biggest fan, right? He was the thing in the book that kept me from loving it more than I did.
3. Ari from Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I actually love Ari, but it took me a bit to really be able to connect with him, while Dante was as easy as breathing. Sometimes it annoyed me that Ari’s thoughts and behaviour were so erratic, even though I get the purpose of it.
4. Thomas from The Maze Runner by James Dashner
In all honesty I had trouble connecting to every single character in The Maze Runner, maybe that’s the reason that I still haven’t picked up the second book – though I know I should, before the movie comes out.
5. Gemma from The Year of Taking Chances by Lucy Diamond
From the 3 ladies in the book, Gemma is the one I identified less with, though I was rooting for her, it never entirely clicked.
6. Jasmine from A Whole New World: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell
So much so that for a moment there I was almost rooting for Jafar. It was a huge problem in this book, the characters weren’t developed at all, which made it extremely hard to click with any of them. But Jasmine was the worst of all of them, her tendencies to go through the same path that she was supposed to be avoiding, made me cringe.
7. Penny from Girl Online by Zoe Sugg and Siobhan Curham
I really disliked Penny. She could have been adorable and relatable, but she was not!
8. Jessamine Lovelace from The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
It took me a really long time to actually feel anything for Jessamine. I eventually did, obviously, and by the end I even shed a tear when she died. But Jessie was definitely not an easy girl to love, at least by me.
9. Wren from Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
I had a huge problem connecting with Wren from Fangirl. I hated how she treated her sister. I get that she needed her independence and be her own person, that’s more than fine, but things don’t have to be all or nothing. She could have gone her own way, but not completely forget that she had a sister who also needed her.
10. Jacob from the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
I was never, even remotely, on team Jacob. I just never really clicked with him… And I kind of liked him (just a tiny bit) more on the movies (because of Taylor Lautner… *not sorry!*). The truth is, I never got why he was so into Bella, because he’s into her more or less from the starts and it annoyed me.
I agree with so many of these! I also didn’t connect with Greg at all and ended up giving the book 1/5… I also felt the same way about Wren and Jacob. I thought the Twilight love triangle was the most pointless thing ever, because I couldn’t imagine not being Team Edward.
I couldn’t imagine not being team Edward either, it was always so obvious. book 2 shouldn’t have happened!
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl IS a good book, but Greg is just so annoying…
I pretty much only read the first third of New Moon and the last part when she’s in Italy. The middle section I just skimmed. I also skimmed Jacob’s section in Breaking Dawn.
I didn’t like ANY of the characters in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. I didn’t like Greg, Earl or Rachel (Rebecca? I can’t remember her name).
Rachel, lol. Yeah, they were a bit forgettable…
And yes, Jacob’s POV was BAD! And New Moon was boring. Actually, I liked that movie way better than the book
I think part of what I love about Jessamine’s story is that we didn’t connect with her at first but we grew to care for her but I get what you mean! Wren was horrible to Cath like how could she leave her sister to do the whole thing on her own? I liked how at the end she regretted that and Cath was kind of like oh well I have my own friends now. Great list!
I agree on both accounts. It’s kind of poetic that Jessie, who didn’t want to be a shadowhunter, stood through centuries protecting the institute
I really disliked Wren as well!! Where’s the love for your sister???
Totally! I never thought that was she wanted would go against standing by Cath… She was so mean
I was never on Team Jacob either!! Something about me just rubbed him the wrong way- I much prefer the sparkly vampire! 🙂
YES!!!! 😀
I love how Jacob from Twilight made the list! 😛
I hated him too, Team Edward all the way!
He was just so unnecessary!
HE seriously was. The whole second book was boring.
yes, second that!
OMG! How could you not connect with Jacob?!?! Lol.
I completely agree with Greg Gaines. I just couldn’t connect with him.
I just didn’t… Upppsss! 😉
Lol. It’s okay. I didn’t get the whole Edward thing, really. But I think that’s just because, well, vampire. Dead things and all.
lol, I can’t really explain it, but between the two of them, it was edward… =/ go figure!
No, no I get it. I didn’t necessarily want Bella to end up with Jacob, I just liked their connection in New Moon. For some reason, that was my favorite book in the series. Plus, while I think Robert Pattinson did a great job in the movie, I just don’t find him that attractive. Hmmm….Maybe Jacob’s werewolf chest has influenced me! 😉
well, book-Edward is much more attractive than Robert pattinson, for sure!
My problem with New Moon was the underlying romance of their relationship. Jacob could have been just an amazing friends, and for me it would have been better.
Lol. So true.
I have some characters in my list as well, but I am still working on it 🙂
I’ll go check who
I’m with you regarding Ari, he made my list, too!
I’m glad I’m not the only one 🙂
“So much so that for a moment there I was almost rooting for Jafar.” LMAO I laughed. That’s some hatred right there.
Have you read it? (if you answer no, I’m telling you: don’t bother!)
Nope, I haven’t! And I’ve read enough reviews of it that I’m not even touching it with a ten foot pole. I’d rather just watch Aladdin.
yes, that’s a very wise decision!
Awesome haha. I was laughing while reading your note on A Whole New World. I agree on what you said about Maze Runner. It was harder to connect with the characters but I did like Thomas and Minho and Chuck but yeah. Jessamine! I completely forgot about her!! She was so pretentious and rude to Charlotte! I mean she gave you a home and actually cares for you and you treat her like crap because you don’t want to be a shadowhunter? Then her whole thing with Nate, puh-lease! I liked her more when she was a ghost lol
Yes, poor Jessie got love when she was dying or already dead! LOL
It’s not that I didn’t like Thomas, I did like him, Minho and Chuck as well, but I didn’t click with anyone of that book.
Yeah I get you, they were very 2 dimensional. I used to love it but then I read other dystopians lol
lol. I have to read past the first one… I really should do it before the second movie comes out…
Haha I say stick to the movies. I think the books just go downhill from there. Scorch Trials starts like a love triangle and no ugh.
lol, I’m thinking that maybe you’re right 😉
Great picks this week! We have quite a few in common. I never even got close to bring on Team Jacob, I was all for Edward. 👏
And I could not connect with Wren at all! I did not like her personality one bit, being completely honest.
I also didn’t connect with Jessamine. She was really harsh and the way she acted with Tessa’s brother made me frown.
xoxo 💋
yes, yes and yes! 😀
You have a nice list here. I forgot about how much I didn’t connect with the characters of the Maze Runner. Great job!
I couldn’t get past Bella enough to decide between Edward or Jacob lol My TTT
LOL! that’s a good way to put it… 😉
I totally agree with Jacob! 😀
i can see that a lot of people agree with that 😀
Thomas made my list too. I had a hard time with The Maze Runner in general. And I love that you were not on team Jacob. I was team Edward until it got ridiculous 🙂 Thanks for sharing your list. Check out mine if you’re interested 🙂 https://greenishbookshelf.wordpress.com/top-10-tuesday-characters-i-just-didnt-click-with/
I feel like a lot of people had problems with Thomas and the Maze Runner in general, I don’t know how it got so popular.
I agree with your view on Wren from Fangirl!! With Maze Runner I decided to watch the movie instead of reading the book first, and now I’m glad I did. And you’re the second person I’ve heard from today that A Whole New World was a whole new not good. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I finished the maze runner book 10 minutes before watching the movie – huge mistake, because they’re so different!
Yeah, a Whole New World is not good at all.
The Twilight thing…. so relatable!!!!!
Thomas… I hated him. And my hatred grew as the series progressed!
Over all though it was a great series, I recommend you pick up the next book.
I’ll, eventually 😉 I don’t like to not finish series