Kathleen answers “What's the point of continuing this...”

Sandy asked this question about Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree (Agatha Raisin, #28):

What's the point of continuing this series? Agatha Raisin is a mean shrew who hates everyone, herself most of all. Even the author doesn't like Agatha. M.C.Beaton, has written a mess that doesn't string together, the sentences are uneven, the narrative is unstable, characters hop all over the place, out of sequence. The entire story line skips & dives without any hope of leading to a believable conclusion. FIN

Kathleen Well, let's just think about this a minute - everybody hated Louis DePalma on Taxi, George Costanza on Seinfeld, Captain Raydor on Major Crimes, Sheld…moreWell, let's just think about this a minute - everybody hated Louis DePalma on Taxi, George Costanza on Seinfeld, Captain Raydor on Major Crimes, Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory, heck, even Frasier Crane from Cheers and Frasier. We love to love to hate characters, it's in our nature.
I find Agatha to be a real pain in the arse - crude, rude, belligerent, annoying, and good grief, give the obsessive romantic pursuits a rest. But geez, watching her get her nose out of joint, get deeper in to the fray, it's just ultimately a guilty pleasure. We love bad. We love her annoying ways because she takes us on a ride that no other will provide.
If you hate it that much, just stop reading, why bother asking - but I know why, because you do in fact want to read more - you wouldn't bother asking if you really didn't, you'd just stop.
But you're seeking an explanation because you don't get why - and that's why, you really do like her, in spite of herself. (less)

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