7 Literary Characters Who Made Better Decisions Than Archie Andrews

Archie Andrews has come a long way from his Season 1 problems, and Riverdale’s bizarre plot has followed. Remember when the biggest decision Archie had to make was whether he wanted to pursue music or football? Because obviously, no one in the history of high school has ever managed to do both. While murder and drug kingpins and vigilante justice quickly distracted Archie from his high school life, his decision-making skills did not necessarily improve, leading to endless plot twists and confounding tragedies. Does he even play football anymore? Does anyone in that show even go to school? We can’t answer those questions. But we can give you a list of awesome books with characters who made tough or questionable decisions, because we love a morally ambiguous literary hero or heroine just as much as we love Riverdale.