Rant On Authors That Kill Their Characters

 Doesn't it suck when books are sad? I personally think that authors should NOT kill a character after they make you like the character. Like seriously if you're going to kill off one of the main characters at least make it be the bad guy. Is it really that hard to not kill someone in a book? I think authors could easily make the character almost die or something and get the same effect.

I do sort of understand that books with happy endings are very predictable and slightly boring but happy endings are still the best. In the book I just read to bring this rant to surface the author killed the guy that should have been saved. It wasn't even a quick death it was long and drawn out and you could have sworn that he was going to be rescued at the last second.

I'm trying not to spoil the book for anyone who would like to read it. I'm actually only half done and it is an intriguing read... If you want to know the title let me know.