Meh, I like author's who aren't afraid to kill off characters. A dead character can have just as much, if not a greater influence over a book as a living character can have. I hate it when the books are too predictable. It's like another episode of Star Trek... only the important ones survive. I'd like to see some unimportant characters live more often, neh? They're the ones that always die. -_-
Hmm The Runelords books made me cry out of pure sympathy when they
although there were other sad parts in that book that made me feel like crying.