Top Ten Most Frustrating Characters Ever

This week the subject for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is the most frustrating characters ever.  Get ready for exclamation marks galore.

1 + 2.  Ferney and Julia from James Long's Ferney

 

For me, the whole of James Long's Ferney was frustrating.  I didn't fall in love with the characters, I actively despised the selfish pair.  Horrible.

 

3. Charley Davidson from Darynda Jones' First Grave on the Right 

 Everyone else seems to love Darynda Jones' Charley Davidson series about a female grim reaper.  I can't get past a whiny narrator who is obsessed by a man that constantly treats her like dirt.  It's such a shame as the series has potential for greatness.

4.   Laura Caxton from David Wellington's 13 Bullets

Again I want to like this ultra violent series, but protagonist Laura Caxton is just whiny as hell.  Not to mention completely bull headed and hasn't learnt a thing from her horrific experiences.

5.  Michael Beard from Ian McEwan's Solar

I would have put all of Ian McEwan's characters on here, as they are all frustrating in a good way, but I manged to whittle it down to two.  I found Michael Beard obnoxious and self-obsessed.  While reading I was wishing that he could see himself from his wife/girlfriend's perspective and realise what a idiot he was.
 

6.  Serena Froome from Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth

 

Again, like Michael Beard, Serena Froome is self involved.  The difference with Serena is that she is also naive and seemed to only be making decisions based on what the men in her life were telling her to do. 

7.  Sookie Stackhouse from Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery Series

This applies from book 8 onwards.  I think.  What happened to my Sookie from Dead until Dark? 

8.  Daniel from Erick Setiawan's Of Bees and Mist

Believe the person you love and don't be manipulated by your psychotic mother!  And while you're at it:  grow a pair!

9.  Hope Morrison from Ken Macleod's Intrusion

I never understood why she didn't want to take the pill.  Was it just because she could say no?
 

10.  Lord Maccon in Gail Carriger's Blameless

This one is a little different, as Lord Maccon's actions are totally in character, but it's still frustrating that he's too hot headed to see the obvious!


What characters do you find frustrating?  And have they angered you enough that you've put the book down, never to be read again?