Thanks so much for the wonderful discussion following my post on Anti-heroines last week. In the course of debating what makes a character an anti-heroine, Sarah commented, “An anti-heroine isn’t, in my eyes, necessarily a good girl gone bad, or even a better person trapped by circumstances, but a character fighting against the hero, for whatever reason – opposing interests, whether personal or political – who inspires the reader to follow their story just as much as that of the protagonist.”
As I replied, “That’s an idea that intrigues me, because I think every reader brings a lot to a book and every reader reads a given book slightly differently.” Gabriele commented, “You’re so right about the reader bringing his/her own to a book. I have a soft spot for mysterious, tortured heros, and for me, Athos is a perfect example of those. And since I had developed a crush on him before I learned about his past with Mylady, I was on his side. ”
Tracy Grant - Novelist 