The Garden of Books discussion

Are there any characters that you think they deserved better? Share them here!

OMG YES SO MANY

Hunger Games spoilers: (view spoiler)[ Rue cuz she was too young and Finnick cuz he just got married :( (hide spoiler)]

Harry Potter spoilers: (view spoiler)[ First of all Fred deserved better because how can you only kill off one twin?! Second of all Harry James Potter deserved better because he lost too many people he loved and Sirius... that was too much. Harry deserved more happiness (hide spoiler)]

Maze Runner spoilers: (view spoiler)[ Chuck and Newt... how can you kill innocent little cinnamon rolls?? :( (hide spoiler)]

Jest from Heartless (view spoiler)[I knew it wasn't going to end happily because it is the queen of hearts' backstory, but his death still hit me hardddd. I miss u Jest (hide spoiler)]

Shawna wrote: "OMG YES SO MANY

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I AGREE!! They all deserved better!!!

Shawna wrote: "OMG YES SO MANY

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I haven't read the maze runner one because I haven't read the book yet but I agree with the other two as well!!

Les Misérables (view spoiler)[ Am I the only one who feels really bad for Eponine? She deserved soo much more... every time I remember her death I just cry! (hide spoiler)]

Lost soul wrote: "Les Misérables [spoilers removed]"

Yes!!! Yes yes yes! Before i opened the spoiler i literally guessed that's who you were gonna say bc (view spoiler)[she really deserved better. Also Jean Valjean got treated so bad by Marius when all he did was help him so i think he deserved better too. And marius didnt even realize it until it was almost too late so jean valjean literally dies bc of his sadness without cosette!😭 (hide spoiler)]

Willow Anne wrote: "Lost soul wrote: "Les Misérables [spoilers removed]"

Yes!!! Yes yes yes! Before i opened the spoiler i literally guessed that's who you were gonna say bc [spoilers removed]"

truth!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't syop crying with that book! (view spoiler)[ and also, Enjolras... come on, he just deserved so much better... (hide spoiler)]

Lost soul wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Lost soul wrote: "Les Misérables [spoilers removed]"

Yes!!! Yes yes yes! Before i opened the spoiler i literally guessed that's who you were gonna say bc [spoilers..."

yes!!!😭

Wuthering Heights (view spoiler)[Catherine and Heathcliff... both of them! I know that many people don't like them, and that they think they deseved what they got... but why? I can't help feeling like they're just two hurted people, who never intended to end up like this... I just love them, and I cry so much with their ending.. I think the worst was for Heathcliff, who just lost her, and then ended up like that.. I just think they deserved better. Much better... (hide spoiler)]

Ohhh, and also (how could I forget) The Hobbit, or There and Back Again(view spoiler)[Kili and Fili and Thorin! Like, come on... I cried when it said they were dead... (hide spoiler)]

Tris and Four from Divergent 😭

Also, I recently read The Island of the Day Before:

(view spoiler)[ I really believe Roberto deserved better, I mean, I just can't imagine that he either died while trying to reach the island, or that he reached it and realised that everything was going on inside his head. I mean, both posibilities sound same awful to me :( (hide spoiler)]

Hailey ᵕ̈ wrote: "Tris and Four from Divergent 😭"

Yes!!(view spoiler)[that ending had me absolutely bawling😭😭😭 (hide spoiler)]

All the Light We Cannot See (view spoiler)[ Werner. Werner. Werner. WERNER! Like, why? Please, why? (hide spoiler)]

Newt from the Maze Runner

Dreamer wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See [spoilers removed]"

100000% yes😭😭😭

Willow Anne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See [spoilers removed]"

100000% yes😭😭😭"

(view spoiler)[ He is the character I loved the most throughout the whole book.. When he died I just couldn't help crying (hide spoiler)]

Dreamer wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See [spoilers removed]"

100000% yes😭😭😭"

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Literally same... but I think that if that didn't happen it would've been unrealistic. Still made me sob at 1am...(view spoiler)[he didn't get to see his sister again 😭 (hide spoiler)]

Shawna wrote: "OMG YES SO MANY

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YES ALL OF THEM
why did you have to remind me of (view spoiler)[Finnick's death 😭 (hide spoiler)]

Laura wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See [spoilers removed]"

100000% yes😭😭😭"

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Literally same... but I think that if that..."

(view spoiler)[ I totally agree. Also, am I the only one that found the scene when Jutta was reading his notebook sad. Like, so so so so sad. Maybe even sadder than the death scene itself (hide spoiler)]

Dreamer wrote: "Laura wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "Willow Anne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "All the Light We Cannot See [spoilers removed]"

100000% yes😭😭😭"

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Literally same... but I thin..."

Yes! I always think that the saddest thing isnt when people die, but rather the pain that those who lived have to endure, and to live with for the rest of their lives

The Last Thing He Told Me - (view spoiler)[All of them. They all deserved better. Owen. Hannah. Bailey. I just can't even comprehend the pain of being right there but never being able to actually be with them. To talk to them. To tell them you love them. But they know. And you're doing it because you love them (hide spoiler)]

Klara and the Sun (view spoiler)[ Klara. Obviously. I can't imagine that she was just dumped there. I really couldn't stop crying. She offered Josie everything she had, and Josie just left her. No, that's not what she deserved. (hide spoiler)]

The Song of Achilles! So much! (view spoiler)[ they just both deserved so much better! They deserved a quite, happy life, without war, or people getting between them. They deserve a life where they can be, free to show their love, even when other people are in front of them. I hope they can finally have that life in the underworld (hide spoiler)]

literally everyone in the hunger games and divergent

Hailey wrote: "literally everyone in the hunger games and divergent"

why is this so true😭

Dreamer wrote: "The Song of Achilles! So much! [spoilers removed]" omg yessss!! I just like to pretend that they are happily living somewhere calm together haha

Daphne wrote: "Dreamer wrote: "The Song of Achilles! So much! [spoilers removed]" omg yessss!! I just like to pretend that they are happily living somewhere calm together haha"

I totally agree :)

A Little Life (view spoiler)[Jude, of course Jude, who wouldn't have wanted Jude to have been in a normal and happy family? (hide spoiler)]

riley rue wrote: "A Little Life [spoilers removed]"

And now I really need to read this book to see who character you believe deserved better :)

Lord of the Flies - William Golding (view spoiler)[ Piggy, broke my heart twice, once as a kid and again last year. :( (hide spoiler)]

Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult (view spoiler)[ Willow, this ending had me so frustrated I wrote a note and tucked it into the first pages of the library book. Still haunts me every time I step onto ice. (hide spoiler)]

Looking for Alaska - John Green (view spoiler)[ Alaska, I know it's the whole point of the plot, but it crossed the line into romanticization, maybe it was just my age, but I was the target audience. (hide spoiler)]

The Institute - Stephen King (view spoiler)[ Holy crap so many kids. (hide spoiler)]

Devolution - Max Brooks (view spoiler)[ So many characters but I understand why most of them had to die for the plot, but I really really wanted Mostar to be among the survivors. (hide spoiler)]

Bent Heavens - Daniel Kraus(view spoiler)[ This was a sort of accidental read, I hadn't yet learned to filter out YA novels on my library's app. For any audience but moreso for a YA novel this was so unfairly tragic. The fathers death and final years were so grotesque. (hide spoiler)]

I definitely agree with Dreamer on All the Light We Cannot See, that one stung.

Anya wrote: "Lord of the Flies - William Golding [spoilers removed]

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The Institute - Stephen King [spoiler..."

Lord of the flies!!!!! (view spoiler)[ Piggy is such a soft and lovely character. Why did he have to die?? I couldn't stop crying (hide spoiler)]

Dreamer wrote: "riley rue wrote: "A Little Life [spoilers removed]"

And now I really need to read this book to see who character you believe deserved better :)"

I'm sure you'll know instantly after you read it, or at least half way ;))

Shawna wrote: "OMG YES SO MANY

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I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I could't agree more. But I also want to add that (view spoiler)[ Snape, Lupin and Tonks deserved better as well! (hide spoiler)]

from I Must Betray You - (view spoiler)[cici😭she was just trying to do what was best for her brother and she just ends up dying! and nobody was on her side, she was all alone (hide spoiler)]

In Never Let Me Go (view spoiler)[ ALL OF THEM! You can't just create human beings and then tell them their only purpose in life is to give their organs so as others can live! This is cruel! They all deserved a life as everyone else! (hide spoiler)]