SAY it isn’t so. Sometimes when we get to the end of a book we also come to the end of a character’s life. Someone whom an author has gone to great lengths to make sure we fall head over heels for over the course of a couple hundred pages. Someone we stay up late for, miss parties for, and even ignore social media for, and yet still they DIE. Here are the best characters literary greats did dirty. May their souls rest in the peace and quiet of library stacks.
Literally Dead: The Best Characters Literature Killed Off
If Romeo is the boy we want to end up with, Mercutio is his rakish, devilishly-charming friend who makes us think twice (even if for just a second). His death made that choice easy for us, and then Romeo had to go and die right after him. #bros
