Cornelius Suttree, suttree

Charly from Flowers for Algernon

Jack Shaftoe, aka the King of the Vagabonds, aka Quicksilver, aka l'Emmerdeur, aka Jack the Coiner -- the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.

I think I'd have to agree. Percy always feels out of his depth, but goes for it and tries to help even at great expense to himself. I love that.

firestar

Say one thing about Logan Ninefingers. Say he was a protagonist.

Is he really a protagonist?

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Durzo Blint?

Fucking love that book. The cop was pretty funny too.

Annoying and therefore memorable. It would be an unpopular opinion if the question was about likability.

Came here to say this

Absolutely! I hoped there would be a turning point in the domestic abuse scene when the brother returns after having run away, that it would provide a better metaphor for the state of the world, patriarchal tyranny ruining society or something, empathy being the better tool etc, but that's not what that thing turned out to be :)

We all have a little Toad inside of us.

(And, yes I know, phrasing)

No

I mostly remember him from the first book. When he was mostly trying to figure out the world around him and get through the political intrigues (like when he just got to his sister's house), all that while showing big love for life in all its parts (eg the thought of best way to die is live until you are old and be crushed by elephant while having sex), with kind of a careless approach sometimes, which makes sense in the whole picture. I really loved the spirit of it. But I can see why some might not find it that memorable, sure. When he is more established, he loses part of this charm, iirc. Have to re-read it, it's been a long while.

He is the most ,,literally me" character in literature.

You should check out The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff. I'm not very far into it but it feels pretty similar to Snow Crash.

I read the Amberbbooks waaaaay long ago, so my memory may be suspect. But I recall Corwin seeming generic, just sort if narrating events without a distinct personality. Loved the books, but didn't really get Corwin.

Gideon and (also Harrow) - Locked Tomb Series, Tamsin Muir

Dr. Grant from Jurassic Park, what a complete boss of a man

No, or at least very rarely. I never watch actor or musician interviews either.

When I really love a book, I think of the story as real. Learning too much about the author or their process kind of ruins that for me. It's similar with actor interviews or "behind the scenes" specials.

The one time I can think of where I looked up the author and read his bio, it was an autobiographical book. So that's a bit different.

I don't really do that as it can result in people like Gareth Roberts. On the other hand it can result in people like Terry Pratchett.

Lyra Silvertongue from HDM. I loved how wild and out control she was as a child and then I loved and cried over her growing up and losing Will and her knowledge of the alethiometer.

I really want sequel to the secret commonwealth to come out so I can see what happens next. I'm still hoping that she'll find happiness for herself in the end.

Dorian Gray.