The Anti-Hero

I am just going to throw this out there. I have never understood the appeal of the anti-hero. I just finished reading a new book from the library. "Whacked" by Jules Asner. Honestly, I probably should have known from the name. I thought it would be an easy, fun read. Instead it was mostly boring and a little bizarre.



The gist of the story was about the life of a non-fancy hollywood insider - a tv show writer. The hero, Dani, was basically a Bridget Jones that you never really rooted for. The whole book I kept waiting for the hook. She would make a change in her life or wrestle with moral inconsistencies or something...but there was nothing. Nothing except some sort of ironic, anti-hero, satire that I completely did not get.

After watching the first season of Californication, I tried reading Bukowski but had the same problem. It was boring. Honestly, life is mind-boggling enough without heroes that never rise to the occasion.

I wish these books came with a label because at this point I am, in my old age, making a decision that these types of books simply are not for me. Before I really get set in my ways, anyone out there have THE anti-hero book that will show me the light or at least make me reconsider my line drawn in the sand? Speak now because I have it on good authority that, post-30, one's opinions solidify rapidly.