Thursday, April 26, 2012

Follow Friday 4/26/12

Q: Have you had a character that disappointed you? One that you fell in love with and then “broke up” with later on in either the series or a stand-alone book? Tell us about him or her.

This doesn't happen to me often. I've read...I don't know, thousands of books in my lifetime, and I've only had a scant handful of character breakups. 

 1)Anita Blake, from the series of the same name by Laurel K. Hamilton. I lasted 10, maybe 11 books with this character. I loved her. I wanted to be her when I grew up. She liked stuffed penguins, I like stuffed penguins. She was a bad ass and a bad dresser and her social skills left a lot to be desired. And then she started having "on screen" sex. Which is fine, I can handle that. But then it escalated from vanilla to OH MY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON?? Which would have been fine in erotica, but I wasn't reading these books for erotica and...Seriously, Anita? Don't you have better things to do?

2)Sookie Stackhouse, brought to me by Charlaine Harris. This was a more benign break up, where I just lost interest after a handful of books. I came to the conclusion that the flaws in Sookie that initially seemed endearing were actually irritating as hell, and the stories weren't enough to make up for it.

3) V from the Black Dagger Brotherhood books by J.R. Ward, is in my personal doghouse, although the breakup is not official yet. I loved this guy through the first four books. Then he got his own story. And it was alright. I learned to be okay with it. But I maintain that he didn't end up with the right person, and I think deep down he'd agree with me. Evidence to this effect is given by the homo-erotic subtext between he and Butch. Plus now there are rumors that Ward said these two (married) men are sleeping together? Cheating isn't cool, dude. IDK, a breakup might be in order here. Those of you curious about the V/Butch issue, see HERE.

41 comments:

  1. I have more quiet breakups like the one you described with Sookie than dramatic ones, too. It's just not worth it to fight with fictional characters, eh?

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  2. I have not read any of those, and no don't put up with cheating not cool!
    Old Follower too and thanks for stopping by I have a Penguin collection. My daughter has them she took them over last year on her 8th birthday! Great blog, oh and I was going to put Queen of the Damned by my husband would have not liked that it wasn't really a crush just a your so cool. LOL Thanks
    Krista
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  3. I haven't read any of the J.R. Ward series, but I completely agree with the Sookie Stackhouse series and the Anita Blake series. I couldn't have said it any better.

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  4. Hopping through. Haven't read these yet, but I don't like it when characters get too sexy for no reason

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  5. Sookie definitely has a disconnect for me too! (Have you read the Jane Jameson books by Molly Harper? It's a similar thing, but Jane doesn't scrape at me like Sookie does *lol* )

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  6. Hopping through. Anita Blake is a popular answer. I still want to read the series though.
    My Hop

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  7. Anita is popular this week. I loved the Sookie series initially but the past few books have been a bit ho hum for me.

    My FF, http://obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/feature-and-follow-friday-27th-april.html

    Have a great weekend, Sharon

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  8. Wow, I totally agree with all your answers. Anita's sex life has gotten too much for me. And I loved her badassness at one point.

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  9. Anita is a popular pick today! Sookie never really let me down too much. Although I didn't like how she could so easily move from guy to guy. And I never read the last series.

    But you make valid points! :)

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    Have a GREAT weekend!

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  11. Wow,....so many bloggers keep mentioning Anita Blake and I have no idea who what why where. Sorry to hear the series (or rather the character) took a turn for the worse / changed.
    Thanks a lot for stopping by my blog! I'm an old follower, too :-)
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  12. I am so with you on 1 and 3. I know I'm crazy but I still hold out a little hope for Sookie as the last book seemed to bringing it back a bit. Thanks for stopping by my FF:)

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  13. Thanks for stopping by my blog!! This looks to be a popular answer as well!

    New Follower :)

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  14. Hopping through~~!

    I haven't read any of these books (yet), but isn't it sad when we lose interest in a character? I'm in the middle of reading Gone series by Michael Grant and despite the books being more and more gross, I can't stop. I just love the characters too much. I don't want to start hating them... :(

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  15. I had to think about V for a minute and decide. You were right his was not my favorite book. I hope they are not sleeping together while married that would make all the things they went through seem almost pointless. I can see your point with V but I love Zsadist and Rhev anyway. :o)

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  16. I've never read any of these books. However, I know the feeling when a character just turns on you. It's ridiculous. >.<

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  17. Sookie can be annoying, that's true. But I still read everything because of Eric. LOL. ;)

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  18. Reading the first book in the BDB series and ahh, I hope that I like it all! Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my #FF post. New follower via #GFC!

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  19. I agree with Anita and Sookie! Never read your 3rd choice!

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  20. Oh my gosh, I have got to read this Anita Blake series! All of the blogs who answered it had the same issues. I wanna see for myself lol.

    I'm following you back :]

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  21. I really lost interest and didn't care about sookie at in the last few books too!
    I really love your blog's background!
    Following back!
    Nice to meet you!

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  22. Lol. I like "benign breakup" as if a break up could be less harmful. I totally understand... that's how I felt with my choice (which, thx for hoppin' by!) This is an interesting question this week, for sure!

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  23. Of my god, i cannot believe i haven't read a book from the ones mentioned.. o.o WHERE IS MY LIFE HEADED???
    I was gonna start the Sookie series, but now i'm not so sure..

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  24. Just blogging by, happy Friday!

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/04/feature_27.html

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  25. LMAO, I'm seeing a lot of Anita answers...I've never read the books myself, but they're all saying the same thing. Cracks me up!
    I feel exactly the same way about Sookie - I could only make it through Book 2. True Blood is much better.
    And spot on about V....your homo-erotic comment made me laugh! SO TRUE!
    Something is going on there...

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  26. Oh yes, Anita Blake really turned into an awful, awful character. And she was so cool!

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/04/follow-friday_27.html

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  27. what no way? V and Butch? nooo I didn't want to know that! what happened to HEA in romances? anyway, I hate Sookie!! Someone should stop saving her from her stupid decisions and just let her off herself. Sorry, I really don't like her. Thanks for dropping by!

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  28. I must have completely read over the V and Butch sleeping together parts, because I didn't see anything like that in ANY book in this series. I'm really curious as to what that means... V is still my favorite. :)

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  29. Right there with ya on Sookie. Once she started spending entire books cleaning her attic, I checked out. I only continue out of morbid loyalty.

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  30. I totally agree for Anita Blake, but I confess I've read all the books and I'll suely read the next one. I have a big hope she will change.

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  31. Anita is a popular answer and I have to agree. I gave up without finishing book 8. She went from a bad ass crime fighter with a great love story with Jean-Claude to a crazy slut. "Ardeur" or not it was ridiculous!
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  32. I agree about Sookie. I'm still reading the series, but mostly out of habit. The TV show Sookie has more appeal for me now than the book Sookie. There's only so many times I can read about males fixating on her, interspersed with her doing chores. I sort of wonder if the series has gone downhill because Harris has had to churn the books out because the series exploded. But then again, she's always been really prolific.

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  33. Great post and Happy Friday :)

    Happy reading and thanks for stopping by :)

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  34. Thank You so much for stopping by my blog and following! Just returning the favor by following back :) Cute banner by the way.

    -Grace @ Paging Through Life
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  35. Aww I really like Sookie!

    My FF

    Happy Reading!

    Megan (new follower!)

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  36. New follower, All good answers when a book series starts to loose its mojo its time to end it. Click on my name to see my answer.

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  37. I have not read Anita Blake but I know lots of people do not like her!! LOL.
    Thanks for visiting my FF!! Have a great week!:) Old Follower

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  38. I haven't read the Anita Blake series, but I've seen her mentioned quite a few times for this question. :)

    Sorry for my late reply! Thank you for hopping by for FF!

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  39. I hate to admit it (I'm a loyal sort) but I also lost my taste for Sookie. :( I'm a new follower. Here's my FF:
    http://scarlettrainssistersoftheheartsblog.blogspot.com/

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  40. I am planning on reading Sookie Stackhouse very soon. Sad to hear you lost interest.

    Thanks for stoppin by my blog! Sorry this is late (I was out of town all weekend lol). But I LOVE your penguin! New Follower!

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