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This will be obvious to anyone who read certain threads re. The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky but Parker, 100%. At first I just thought 'oh, he's a jerk, shrug' and then I thought 'I really hate him', and then I called him unrepeatable bad things and then I realised I was pretty much obsessed! It's not the same as you describe with Cal because I never saw anything of myself in Parker - I don't even really like him - but I respected him by the end of the second book and I found his character so interesting, which I didn't expect when he first showed up.
Malta from Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb. She is insufferable in the beginning but grows a ton throughout the trilogy.
Bill wrote: "Malta from Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb. She is insufferable in the beginning but grows a ton throughout the trilogy."Totally! She was in City of Dragons too. I just finished it today. Anne Flosnick’s voice is so annoying. Ha!
Yes. Malta. Parker. Both of these.And, kind of a cliche at this point, but Sansa Stark.
Ruth wrote: "Yes. Malta. Parker. Both of these.And, kind of a cliche at this point, but Sansa Stark."
See, her I liked from the beginning. She was dreaming she was a beautiful princess and that a handsome prince would carry her off to bright new lands. I never really understood the hatred towards her. Sure, she could be bratty and did stupid things, but she was a naive girl acting the way she thought she was supposed to. Easily forgivable.
Cal was only unlikeable because we saw him through the protagonists eyes. Okay, he is an anal retentive perfectionist, just the person you want organising a detailed space mission.. whatever it takes to look after his crew.. admirable
That had me thinking, has there ever been a character that you were initially down on but then quickly became interested in them?