Spectacular Characters in Flawed Novels

Last night on Facebook, in response to a book I just read (can’t tell you what it is until review is done), I wrote, “I think it’s more than possible that a writer can be gifted with creating an amazing character and then, sadly, in a very real way for the reader undermine and betray that creation.”

Excerpts from the discussion that followed…

Jennifer
Ah. I had a similar experience a while ago. I had to stop reading, because it seemed the protagonist had acted out of character in order for the plot