Did you find Cecilia likeable?

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Cecilia's character was a difficult one, I had a love-hate relationship with her throughout my reading and the overstated non-human attributed did not help.
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Cecilia, being under the spiritual possession of Lucifer cannot help but do her master's bidding. Lucifer is to be held responsible for her woes. However, every once in a while her human nature shows itself. For instance, her empathy towards Sebastian could only have been due to some level of human kindness. To the extent that she is under the control of such a malevolent paranormal force and yet able to do a few of her good human intentions, I would say she is likeable.
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She was undoubtedly likeable for the part she played in the novel. She fought for a long time to be free of her demon nature. And I'm sure having both demon and human attributes is highly contradictory. So, I liked her a lot!
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Her efforts to change and to interact with the humans is why I found Cecilia likeable. She is quite an interesting character.
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I found Cecilia likeable. She may have killed mortals in her past, but her willingness to change and mingle with humans made her likeable.
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I like the fact that despite that she’s not a human, she made effort at making friends with them. Though there are few flaws with her character. I’ll say there’s nothing wrong with her character, that’s what made her personality and character distinct.
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I like Cecilia because at some point she regretted all the killings she engaged in and has to change to a normal human.
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I found Cecilia's character likeable but sometimes I would seriously hiss on some things she would do. I probably judged her based on who her parents were, how old she is was and her past actions.
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I found it likable from the start I read the book and found out she was 102 it was mind-blowing, Cecilia's character was quite amazing.
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It depends on how you look at it. Spoilt children tend not know how to interact with others. It may also be because she was not able to identify those who could have understood her.
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I would liken her to the daughter of, say, a drug lord, terrorist, or criminal who doesn't like her father's wrong-doings and seeks to build her own life. She's likable, but remember there's another side of her which we don't know about. We aren't told about what she was like in hell. Maybe most of her beastly traits weren't mentioned.
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Shakiera Reece wrote: 15 Dec 2021, 03:16 I think every fictional character needs to be dynamic. There is no way one person can be so perfect and without flaw. I found it hard to relate to Cecilia and it made the story seem 'unbelievable'. At least one or two flaws would have sufficed.
Yeah, but I think it is more of the author's bias of not wanting to dwell on her monster side. Simply because no flaw is mentioned does not mean no flaw exists. Like, do you know how many human flesh she ate in hell? :lol: (Yeah, it's kinda creepy and gross but you get it.)
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The characters were so likeable and the love triangle fascinate me. There was also times I find her very annoying especially when behave rude.
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I don't like Cecilia at all. She has too many human flaws and her past crime. I couldn't get past that.
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Yes, I found her likable. She is interested in being human. She wants to change her past. She hated her identity. I think she would have changed her identity if she could. She tried to be kind and control her angers. But still, she is Demon. She used to be a murderer for centuries.
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