For me, it’s Quentin Barnes from the Galactic Football League series by Scott Sigler (I’m currently on book 3). A lot of his boneheaded decisions can be deduced from him growing up in a hyper religious culture where lots of information is kept from common folks. However, as the books progress, he learns more, drops a lot of his bigoted and racist views towards non-human sentients, and puts a lot of effort into his own education. Although it lessens his social faux pas and idiotic gaffes, they never completely go away. When I’m listening to the audiobooks (excellent quality and narrated by the author), I find myself cheering him on, laughing at his silliness, and being extremely frustrated with his idiocy. I love this character, but sometimes I really want to give him a light smack on the back of the head and call him a dummy.
Have you guys ever read this series or have a character from another book that you feel the same way towards?
by ARatherOddOne
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Christopher Moore, [Fool.](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3684856-fool?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23)
Arthur Dent comes to mind.
There’s not much of a clue about what’s wrong with Boo Radley but he’s pretty likable.
Wooster by a mile.