Swooning over fictional characters is one of the perks of being a bookworm. They’re dashing and charismatic, romantic and audacious. But there’s also the characters we’d never want to run into in real life. Sometimes they’re the villains, sometimes they’re the unlikeable protagonists, and sometimes they’re side characters whose toxic traits take up the entire page. They lie, cheat, and manipulate, preferring obsession and control over respect and trust. Here are nine fictional characters that would be absolute dates from hell.

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