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Mr. Bad Example
Harlow Kingston is the wine loving social misfit who fell in love with the girl next door. He tried to be the man she wanted, but he fell for (and into bed with) many women along the way. He does his best to ignore his short comings by staying drunk, but it doesn't take long before his bad choices start catching up to him. He becomes a magnet for pointless sex, crazy people, and death.
254 pages, Paperback
First published August 11, 2013
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J. Travis Grundon
20 books18 followersReader. Writer. Editor & contributing author on Forrest J Ackerman’s Anthology of the Living Dead.
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December 5, 2013
Harlow Kingston is the guy we all know. He's a wreck; he can't seem to say or do the right thing, even when he's thinking about it. Yet there is something indescribable about him. Magnetic and a tragic beauty.
Mr. Bad Example is the story about social misfit Harlow Kingston who drinks his way through life and series of relationships (good or bad). Sometimes he learns from his interactions; most of the time he doesn't. While the book may be considered gritty or dark by some, others will find the realism a welcome presence.
Highlight:
Grundon writes with simple flourish. His sentences are well-crafted; his imagery point on. There is a wonderful, real meat to the story that kept me turning the page well after I should have put it down for responsibilities.
Harlow is a destructive but likeable character, despite his mounds of flaws. His emotion is quite real and Grundon portrays it well.
Lowlight:
(Mechanical/technical)
There were enough typos and grammatical errors to lead to distraction. If it wasn't that my copy was autographed, it would have been thoroughly marked up in red ink.
Little flashback warning. The author does several flashback (for lack of a better term) segments that were puzzling. Temporarily they lifted me out of the story to figure out when the current story was taking place.
Regardless of any technical issues, Grundon has honed his skill from years of short stories to pour into his first full-length novel. Readers benefit greatly from the fact, too. A tremedous read.
Mr. Bad Example is the story about social misfit Harlow Kingston who drinks his way through life and series of relationships (good or bad). Sometimes he learns from his interactions; most of the time he doesn't. While the book may be considered gritty or dark by some, others will find the realism a welcome presence.
Highlight:
Grundon writes with simple flourish. His sentences are well-crafted; his imagery point on. There is a wonderful, real meat to the story that kept me turning the page well after I should have put it down for responsibilities.
Harlow is a destructive but likeable character, despite his mounds of flaws. His emotion is quite real and Grundon portrays it well.
Lowlight:
(Mechanical/technical)
There were enough typos and grammatical errors to lead to distraction. If it wasn't that my copy was autographed, it would have been thoroughly marked up in red ink.
Little flashback warning. The author does several flashback (for lack of a better term) segments that were puzzling. Temporarily they lifted me out of the story to figure out when the current story was taking place.
Regardless of any technical issues, Grundon has honed his skill from years of short stories to pour into his first full-length novel. Readers benefit greatly from the fact, too. A tremedous read.
September 2, 2013
Interesting insight into the male perspective on some things!
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