The Selection question

Sure some protagonists can be like that but I don't think America is that bad...And I am sorry but you might wanna tone down your jealousy a bit.

and Hannah? yikes girl I think its time to tone down the jealously and take a step back and understand this is a BOOK

America has her problems too. She lives in a world where her life is pretty much determined for her. She lives in this bubble that is nearly impossible to break out of. Also, keep in mind that she didn't want to be part of the selection and she didn't always like Maxon. She isn't trying to choose between two guys. She recognized that Aspen will always mean something for her but nothing can happen between them now because she is part of the selection and she has to be true to Maxon. She made that decision.

On another note:
What annoys me most is when people get pissed off at others just because the other person seems to have something going for them that the first person doesn't. Everyone has their own issues, whether its obvious or not. Everyone faces their own struggles. Only because someone's life seems perfect doesn't mean that it actally is.
If you don't like the book, don't read it. It's that simple.
Also, I don't like your use of "normal". Being pretty does not make you abnormal.
Another thing. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" You don't have to look like a supermodel to be considered pretty. I'm sure everyone imagines America in a different way. The book describes her as pretty and so the reader imagines their version/idea of pretty. Maybe to you pretty equals supermodel but that isn't true for everyone and it definitely isn't a set definition of the word.

Actually I liked America here and seriously I think on how I have read your part here it seems that you're just jealous of those flawless supermodels with such good luck, as in really.

I did feel that America has some barf-worthy traits but overall she was okay. Prince Max (that was his name, right?) is the character I struggled with, I mean, the way he speaks? Aww, come on please! What sort of princely training did he have?!

Haha yeah. I actually liked Aerica because she didn't care about her beauty. Prince Max was pretty odd though. The things he did just weren't hinge a real person would do.

I meant America.

yeah, i think she would be in trouble talking like that to a prince, the guards would have stepped in...let alone thinking she can abuse power in general...oh well it is a fiction novel...cant a girl dream a vbit.....lol

Read Nyrae Dawn's Measuring Up. Real girl in that book. Not supermodel. It's a nice change.

When a "supermodel protagonist" acts a certain way (and we all know what that way is), I guess its okay to dislike them. But that's the same for a character who isn't a "supermodel". I'd like to know what the difference is between what makes a character, a person who we hear about by the description of other characters, who is pretty and one who maybe isn't as much so... seriously, its a book.
I think the beauty in America is that she is real, funny, and good, as opposed other characters in both The Selection and different books. I like America a lot because of how down-to-earth and human she is. Sorry if that sounds cliché...

I actually liked America. It never says anywhere that she's super pretty or amazingly smart. I understand the feelings, though, with all of the flawless female protagonists-the only mainstream girl I've found who isn't a 'supermodel' is Tris from Divergent. I understand what you're feeling, just for different books. America is really likable, IMO.

I thought Katniss was a 'real girl' in the Hunger Games...I suppose you can't blame the set up here which is that they simply have to be pretty girls in order to be selected. Yeah, Mer looks gorgeous from the cover. I'd skip the story and just pick her. Marlee / Tiny sound like real cardboard characters designed to make America look even better.