"Jep"
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Jepsen Hosea Drinkwater, "the last good man", a middling writer of "cat-in-tree" stories for a small-town paper in outer suburbia of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A respected and endearing figure in town and a curiously devoted man of faith with a unique burden - he carries a full-size cross with him in his commitment to live his best life - odd as it is.
Is he an idiot savant or a prophet? Quirky and benign, he is devoted to truth at all costs. Is he a man of change or the town fool?
Hoping to be a “real writer” of the Great American Novel and otherwise live a nondescript life of anonymity, he operates with the wry knowledge that life is not filled with good, but surprise. Never truer when the moral man is prodded into challenging the town's bully-mayor for his long-abused seat.
The accidents born of truth and goodness take him on a hilarious ride of adventure, treachery and Rice Krispies treats.“…it’s just that whatever I am to people, it only means something to those who will embrace it. You can’t make everyone eat their broccoli.” ~ Jep
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- VladThatGuy
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- 3.4/ 5.0
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- K.AsvoriaRoyal Road★★★★ 3.5In general, the title describe the first 10 chapters that i've read. A very well writen telenovela, or sinetron, or in certain countries, they normally have those long never-ending soap opera modern day drama. This should be a Contemporary Tragedy Drama.
Style... is the best i've read so far. It is highly readable and it flows so well, even the genre i dislike could hold me reading up to 10 chapters. The sentences are beautiful anf touches the reality well. Describing the state of Jep's mind in his late coming midlife crisis. The words really bring a young reader like me into deeper thoughts.
Therefore, i shall not make any comments on the grammar. The author is indeed a skillful writer.
Story, i have to admit that i am not a fan of contemporary tragedy drama. A scheming wife, an evil pastor, a dense protagonist where he stays contented while the world is cruel to him... it really depends on reader. The reason i give 2.5 stars for the story, is that i've watched too many such kind of dramas and it is beyond cliched, almost to the point i got sick of it.
According to another reader who discuss the story with me, it might ve due to difference in culture and location that the type of soap opera may not be cliched in certain countries. As far as i know, such tropes are common in older Hong Kong TVB series (for example: House of Greed), especially the character Sussie. Thus, it is considered as super cliched according to me, bt might not be cliched according to other culture with different kind of soap opera tropes.
And as a young widow myself, i personally offended by the story. Overall, it still deserve a middle ground. Thus, a 2.5 stars for the story. So this rating might be biased. The other reason is, the story fail as a comedy, and it should be a drama. If it is tagged as drama, probably i'll give it 3 stars.
Lastly, characters, they are somehow an exageration of realistic people in the modern world. I like the idea of putting the under represented elder man as pro