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I have to think about this one but I think the Fantasy genre in general is filled with characters with horrible names that I can barely pronounce.
It bothers me when you read a book and all the characters but a few have weird names. Like in Across the Universe, they had a name like Elder, Harley and Orion yet the main characters name was Amy. Its like name them all something normal or keep them all kinda strange.
I still have yet to read that book, but it's on my to read list.
It's not that I don't like the name of the characters in
but I think they are extremely odd. Broken Man, Cog, and Trella. Weirdness.
Don't forget Leigh's Dawg (aka Rowdy, equally bad in my opinion) and Natches from her Nauti series. WTF??
Bananach from Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series.and Mencheres from Eternal Kiss from Darkness.
I don't know how to pronounce either one.
Sans wrote: "Don't forget Leigh's Dawg (aka Rowdy, equally bad in my opinion) and Natches from her Nauti series. WTF??"Hopefully, she gets a kick out of these awful names and is not serious about them.
I LOVE The Outsiders. Great book. You should suggest to your teacher that you all read it from the audiobook also. Hearing the voices and the cadence of the words brings a whole different feel to the book. :)The names can get confusing. Stick it out. It gets better!
I'm currently reading Mastiff and one of the character's (who is supposed to be this bad ass) name is Achoo... I'm sorry, how am I supposed to take you seriously with a name like that? I can hardly keep a straight face whenever she is mentioned. 
The Hush,Hush series has a character who's supposed to be all tough, but I can't take it seriously when his name is Patch.
Sashana - the name Achoo sounds like a sneeze. That might be the oddest one that I've heard yet. lol
I mean to get Mastiff. Achoo, that is a name. Maybe we should start a section that lets authors test drive character, series, and book title names. Do you think any would take us up and see what we think?
Mckris10 wrote: "Sashana - the name Achoo sounds like a sneeze. That might be the oddest one that I've heard yet. lol"That's what I thought too. The whole series in general has characters with weird names. But I enjoy it because it's well written.
Lisarenee wrote: "I mean to get Mastiff. Achoo, that is a name. Maybe we should start a section that lets authors test drive character, series, and book title names. Do you think any would take us up and see what ..."
We could do a test run in our author folder.
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How To Train Your Dragon: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock. The THIRD!!Not that I don't like it, I just think that it is hilarious. Ditto with all the other names in the book/movie!
I don't mind the odd strange name or two. What I really hate is when the character's names don't match the time period where the book is set. I don't like it when the book is set in 1850 and the main characters all have ultra-modern names like Jaden, Cale, Jaycee, Raelyn and Chantelle, etc.
probably Ever from the book Evermore. Or maybe even Clary from The mortal instruments.
I have a few pet peeves about character names. First, names that sound more like nicknames given by your drunk buddies. Example, Brood and Pollo and Hondo in
Second, names that are just made up. Unless you're writing a fantasy novel set in a different universe, don't just squish a bunch of letters together and call it a name.
Last, names better suited for children given to adults. For example, a grown adult character shouldn't be name Tommy, Billy, Jimmy, Ricky, Maggie, etc. If it's their nickname with friends then ok, but not as a given name please.
Stefani wrote: "I have a few pet peeves about character names. First, names that sound more like nicknames given by your drunk buddies. Example, Brood and Pollo and Hondo in
Second, names tha..."
I agree about the made up names. Unless it is a fantasy or Sci-fi book, please don't make up crazy names that sound ridiculous.
Those are some names that would distract me from the story.
Lisarenee wrote: "Those are some names that would distract me from the story."Me, too. "Meaty" is one of them.
So I just finished The Selection and I gotta say, two names in there just irritated me to no end.Aspen...after the place or the tree? Didn't like the name with my friend in high school, don't like it now.
America Singer....so named after a country that (in the book) ran itself into banruptcy, was taken over by the Chinese and then fought off being taken over again by the Russians. What a compliment! And Singer? And guess what...she's a singer for a profession! The eye roll just about knocked me over. HATED that name.
Parvathy wrote: ""Schuyler" from Blue Bloods. Still don't know how the name is pronounced."That is one of my pet peeves about names in books that are uncommon. Could the author at least have the person introduce them selves to someone saying "Hi, my name is Schuyler rhymes with fuller or Tyler?" Is that truly too much to ask?
Lisarenee wrote: ""Hi, my name is Schuyler rhymes with fuller or Tyler?" Is that truly too much to ask? "That would be nice. Sometimes I feel stupid when I can't pronounce a character's name. I feel like everyone else can pronounce it except for me, glad that's not the case.
Stefani wrote: "So I just finished The Selection and I gotta say, two names in there just irritated me to no end.Aspen...after the place or the tree? Didn't like the name with my friend in high school, don't li..."
I don't mind Aspen's name so much. I once read a book where all the main characters were named after major cities in Texas -- Dallas, Austin, Houston. Drove me nuts!!
Now that would make me want to poke my eyeballs out lol. Thank God it wasn't that bad!
Stefani wrote: "Now that would make me want to poke my eyeballs out lol. Thank God it wasn't that bad!"And it was a historical romance set in... you guessed it, Texas! Oh how I wish I remembered the title.
Ah! I know which ones you are talking about and I love that series, Sashana!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Ah! I know which ones you are talking about and I love that series, Sashana!"What's the title, LK? Refresh my memory.
Of course, I loved it so much I had to splurge and buy the hardcover last year. Ate PB&J for a month.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Of course, I loved it so much I had to splurge and buy the hardcover last year. Ate PB&J for a month.
[bookcover:Texas ..."
Yes! Thanks, LK. Well there you go, Stefani.
I dunno, it might have to go on my morbid curiosity shelf lol. It can't be more irritating than one of my favorite authors who has two sisters in her books names Peaches and Pippa. Ugh.
Sashana saidm " I once read a book where all the main characters were named after major cities in Texas -- Dallas, Austin, Houston. Drove me nuts!!"lol Drove! Nice pun. All cities and you Drove. lol
Stefani wrote: "I dunno, it might have to go on my morbid curiosity shelf lol. It can't be more irritating than one of my favorite authors who has two sisters in her books names Peaches and Pippa. Ugh."I think I read that one. Was it an erotica?
Lisarenee wrote: "lol Drove! Nice pun. All cities and you Drove. lol"Gah! I walked right into that one :)
Sashana wrote: "Lisarenee wrote: "lol Drove! Nice pun. All cities and you Drove. lol"Gah! I walked right into that one :)"
It was very punny. :)
**hee hee** Did you ride herd, Sashana? Chanting, "Move along little doggies."
Lisa Kay wrote: "**hee hee** Did you ride herd, Sashana? Chanting, "Move along little doggies.""That's for me to know and for you to never find out. Shhhh ;)
Sashana wrote: "I think I read that one. Was it an erotica? "Just regular romance, pretty tame actually I've never read one a book by her where the sex scene was vague and short, and took place between married people lol. The author used to go to my church when I was a teenager and she was involved in my youth group.
There are a few books with those characters, the first one that comes to mind for me is
Stefani wrote: "Sashana wrote: "I think I read that one. Was it an erotica? "Just regular romance, pretty tame actually I've never read one a book by her where the sex scene was vague and short, and took place ..."
Interesting that you chose this book .)
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I'm reading Aftertime and one of the main characters has a nickname of Smoke. I'm not sure I like it. Another book (and I loved the book) had a character name Whizmo. It distracted me to no end. I guess I couldn't relate the name to the character. Seemed like a name for an adolescent not an adult character.