My favorite book is probably Crime and Punishment and Raskolnikov is a despicable bastard, and an unlikable one at that.
What makes you put down a book? (And the problem with translation)
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And in the end...
For me there were absolutely no likeable characters at all in Les Enfants Terribles, but it's Cocteau's compelling story that makes you keep turning the page, despite this.
but this time round, I really disliked the main character and the author's sarcasm too, when I found myself thinking of the main character "well if your so smart you do it then" - to a sitution and I wasn't even out of chapter one, I stopped reading and haven't read another by him, it put me right off.
And sometimes it can just be the mood your in.I started a Chrisopher Brookmyre book (and I'd read one of his before and enjoyed it)
but this time round, I really disliked the main character and the author's sarcasm too, when I found myself thinking of the main character "well if your so smart you do it then" - to a sitution and I wasn't even out of chapter one, I stopped reading and haven't read another by him, it put me right off.
I would have to say that Blood Meridian has the most despicable characters of any fiction I've ever read. Obviously character likability was clearly not Mccarthy's point.
Possibly the most relentlessly depressing novel I've ever finished.
Wait wait, I fucked up! Walking With The Beast was way more depressing than Blood Meridian.
Possibly the most relentlessly depressing novel I've ever finished.
Wait wait, I fucked up! Walking With The Beast was way more depressing than Blood Meridian.
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