I have had several comments now on "Country Boy in the City", and basically they are all saying they do not like how big of a douche George is.
And yes, he is a douche. He is arrogant, self-centered, and thinks the world owes him a living. In short, he is what many think of when they hear the term "Millennial Generation". Think of him as kind of a combination of Pete and Linda.
He has a lot of the potential of Pete, but is following a path close to that of Linda in how he is living his life.
He is not very likable, and tends to piss others off. He holds others in contempt, and does not understand why they are the way they are. He is positive he is always right, and can't seem to understand that might not be the case.
However, this is also on purpose. And as in most of my stories that involve people like that ("Valley Girl", "Pippi Langstrumpa", "Loss Prevention", "Uncle Bill's Watch"), eventually there will come a time when he is smacked in the face hard with a 50 pound sledgehammer and realize that.
In Valley Girl, Linda realized what she was doing and fixed herself. In Pippi, he never did realize and continued that way after the story ends. In both Loss Prevention and Uncle Bills' Watch, they only realize it when they are about to die, or after they die.
To give an idea, I recently posted Chapter 14, am about to post Chapter 15, and am writing Chapter 19. Where he is in some ways shitting on most of those around him, and does not understand why they are so mad at him. And like Linda when I told her story, he is starting a downward spiral.
However, like her things will get better at the end. But he has a hard road ahead of himself of his own making before he gets there. I admit, he is an arrogant turd at the moment, and not very likeable. But like any "story", the idea is telling the story. Not always that the characters are likeable (or likeable all the time).
And to give an idea, there is a series of popular books that were started in the 1970's called "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" by Stephen R. Donaldson. Which also had a rather distasteful main character. Who among many things rapes a woman that cures him of leprosy and heals his injuries. Then later on discovers he had a daughter from that rape, and beats her when she tries to seduce him.
He is a very troubled person, and in many ways is a classic "Anti-Hero". Like the Punisher, or Venom. Or even James Bond, who has no problem raping a woman, and does not feel much if they are killed.
However, at the end George will come out a different person. But he still has a ways to go first. Ultimately, this is a story of a person's fall, then recovery from self-destructive behavior. And you can't have one without the other.