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Message: [QUOTE="Waffles, post: 273467, member: 703"] I don't recall abandoning books specifically because of their characters, but a lot got close -- not because they were annoying, but because they were cartoons pretending (and expecting) to be taken seriously. Examples? Justine from Stand Alone -- she was easy to root for at first, but then became more and more of something weird, completely nullifying what should have been a great ending. The villains on "The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting" start off as cartoons, get weirdly (and effectively) humanized, then they are back at being cartoons -- WTF. Some minors characters on Diane Zahler's "Wild Bird" (NOT the one I keep mentioning) were really pushing it, too. And even though I know they were written that way on purpose... My God, the main cast on "The Remarkable Journey Of Coyote Sunrise" was tough to follow. Oh, and... Just to piss on something: Andy from "Retro". Failed Willy Wonka wannabe -- that should be a subgenre XD [/QUOTE]

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