[quote=Mr_pink]
You should probably add somewhere that even though you give them flaws, these may make people hate or love them depending on the reader. For example, when I read J.D Salingers 'The Catcher in the Rye' I absolutely hated Holden Caulfield for his whiny and entitled attitude, while others loved him for this.
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But did you hate him as a character or as a person? Because a lot of my favorite characters are the type of people I would never want to associate in real life, haha.