"My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?
He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you.
But he said, "Because I feel sorry for you."
"Why?"
"Because every morning you have to wake up and be you."
~ Gillian Flynn


1. Amy Dunne in Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (2012)

I'll start with Amy, the character who inspired this blog post, since I recently read Gone Girl.

“I am a great husband because I am very afraid she may kill me.”


2. Achilles in The Iliad, Homer

I know it's controversial, but I feel like you're either Team Achilles or not. And I'm really not.

"Conquer your pride, Achilles. You have no right to be so stubborn. The very gods, for all their greater excellence and majesty and power, are capable of being swayed."


3. Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, JK Rowling (2003)

I doubt I'm the only one who wanted Umbridge dead more than Voldemort.

“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"Yes."
"You called her a liar?"
"Yes."
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
"Yes."
"Have a biscuit, Potter.”


4. Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

The Great Gatsby probably wins the award for the most hated characters in one novel, but out of them all Nick is definitely my least favourite. He has belief but no conviction. He observes but does not partake. He knows but does not reveal.

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”


5. Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria in The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster (1614)

The villain of this play is hated all the more by me because of how much I love the Duchess.

"Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust."


Which fictional characters do you love to hate?