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Book where the MC is hated for a reason? (With no romance as the focus) (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by DJSpunTheDisc@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.ml

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In universe I mean, not by the reader. I remember the few times I saw stories like that were fairly… cringe; the MC was usually a loner and the people didn't have a good reason to hate him, if any at all!

But when there is a reason, whether it would be something they did in the past or being bad in the present? I love the drama and conflict potential. Does anyone know a book like this?

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[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An obvious one might be Rand from Wheel of Time series. He is feared/hated by various groups for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that he is destined to break the world again. The Aiel especially have a weird relationship with him because of this.

[–] kamenoko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yet managed to get three wives out of it.

[–] VM_Abrantes@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of them being more insufferable than he was.

[–] kamenoko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It was mostly just Morman fan fiction with magic.