I'm looking forward to partaking of American Psycho in one form or another, and I understand there's no liking to be had there. I also liked A Clockwork Orange and there's no feeling for Alex until possibly the end.
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§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 2:14:00 pm PST #10670 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
flea - Dec 15, 2009 2:41:32 pm PST #10671 of 28370
information libertarian
I could never watch Seinfeld because everyone annoyed me so much. Not that that was a book.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 2:59:59 pm PST #10672 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know...in some cases, but not always. Sometimes it's how they tell it.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 3:03:50 pm PST #10673 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I could never watch Seinfeld because everyone annoyed me so much. Not that that was a book.
That's why I couldn't watch The Inside. As much as I wanted to get behind a Minear project, I found everyone on that show impossible to like.
I'm trying to think if there are any books that I read willingly in which I disliked the main character, or more than 1 character. I find almost all the characters in Wuthering Heights very unlikeable, but I had to read that for a class.
JZ - Dec 15, 2009 3:08:22 pm PST #10674 of 28370
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Most of the characters in Vanity Fair are either loathsome or contemptible (some, of course, are both), but Lordy it's a fun read.
Hil R. - Dec 15, 2009 3:14:46 pm PST #10675 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wuthering Heights was actually the book that got me started thinking about this. I don't like any of the characters, I think several of them are really horrible people, and most of the rest make ridiculously bad decisions for incredibly stupid reasons. But I still like reading it, because they do interesting things.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 3:22:33 pm PST #10676 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think several of them are really horrible people
Nelly Dean, the textbook example of an unreliable narrator. Eeeeeevil.
Strega - Dec 15, 2009 4:22:13 pm PST #10677 of 28370
Hil -- I don't need to like the characters in the sense that I'd want to be their friend, as long as I'm interested in the story. It can be an issue when I think I'm supposed to find characters incredibly likable/admirable, when in fact I want to punch them in the face.
I think that's a bigger issue for me with TV or movies, though. I know there was something recently where I was just like, "I hate these people too much to watch this." I'm not sure if that's because a book has more time to delve, or if it's because it's harder for me to overlook traits I don't like when they're being shown instead of imagined.
Atropa - Dec 15, 2009 4:26:40 pm PST #10678 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm looking forward to partaking of American Psycho in one form or another, and I understand there's no liking to be had there.
Nope, not so much. But I think it's a great black comedy novel.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2009 4:31:48 pm PST #10679 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is why I ended up disliking The Kite Runner so much -- I hated that guy! But didn't think I was supposed to. Actually, I think that's the key for me -- I'm pretty sure no one thinks Patrick Bateman is an OK guy.