>mfw someone says they don't like a book because they

>>8511591
it is somehow always women who do this

>>8511591
A strong reason I cannot read Murakami, his insufferable angsty young male twats take away from the reading. Other characters that take away from the novel are Pip from great expectations and almost any protagonist in a BEE novel except for Bateman. As far as top tier literary works that are dragged down by shitty protagonists, Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome and Flaubert's female protagonists make me absolutely not want to engage with a book further.

>>8511615
Completely untrue

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>>8511591
>hey this book is pretty good
>cant wait till they get out west
>a...talking dog?
>alright... I guess
>fuck I cant read this anymore

>>8511628
>"I couldn't personally relate to the character, so the book is bad"

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>>8511777
>prose alone justifies a great book

Sounds like you drank the koolaid

Shitty characters are what differentiates Hamlet from Titus Andronicus

>>8511796
I bet you're the kind of faggot who hated Catcher in the Rye because Holden was "omg soooooo whiny xD".

Literature aren't videogames, son. Just because you feel a need to self-insert yourself as the main character doesn't mean the character itself is bad because it failed to relate to you.

>>8511807
Opinions are almost always fortified negatively from alienation. There's no Two ways about it

>>8511835
You've literally closed the door to like 50% of classic literature with that mindset. Have fun with your YA lit that won't challenge your sensibilities in any way.

>>8511591
Holy shit, dude on the left's forearm

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>>8511591

>mfw someone says they don't like a book because they hate the antagonist

What do they think antagonists are for?