User blog comment:SkyFanTD/My Favorite Total Drama Characters and Why/@comment-25698783-20140802010421/@comment-24152851-20140802011133

Not everyone hates Zoey with a passion, but practically everyone acknowledges she is one of the most flawed characters of TD. It's just some people are more tolerant of her flaws.

As to why she's hated. I'm sure you've heard the general consensus: "She's bland and boring, and she godplayed her way through TDAS". Also adding onto that, one of the reasons she's so hated is her realism is just poorly done. Never has there been a girl who just jumps into a relationship after just meeting a boy (almost like they were predestined to be paired together), and what many particularly hate is she puts a bad image on feminism. She's portrayed as being overly dependent on Mike, and for the course of ROTI isn't capable of doing anything herself.

While not everyone hates Zoey, nearly everyone hates these things about her.