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sltw09's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
emmerboo's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
deanna_rigney's review against another edition
4.0
I did not fall in love with this book, but it did impress me quite a bit especially after finding out that it was the author's debut piece of work. It is a trilogy in a way, relating 3 different summers in separate parts set in 1989, 1995, and 1999. The central focus is on a Sottish man named Fenno McCloud, and his family and friends. Usually I can tell where a story is heading but this was full of surprises. It is no thriller by any means, but the surprises come in subtle and unexpected characters and realizations about relationships and love. Sounds hokey but the author does this in an understated way, with humor, genuine personalities, and elegant writing.
erintowner's review against another edition
3.0
The writing was good but the story went on a hair too long. I got a little tired of the neuroses of the characters.
shaughnp's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lastpaige111's review against another edition
3.0
It was very beautiful, reflections on events during three different Junes, all concerning the same characters who are interwoven in a believable, rich way, but the middle section dragged. Dunno, maybe it was just me.
coleycole's review against another edition
5.0
Initially, the slow start turned me off. I am so, so glad that I stuck with this book, though, because it's just wonderful. I love the portrait of the family -- not maudlin or definitive -- and how the novel moves away from looking at a family to looking at chosen families, and then to connection more generally. She's a great writer -- I still have her pictures of birds in bookstores, and Greece, and pregnancy floating in my head.
trentsky's review against another edition
3.0
Three separate yet very much related stories. The first is told from the perspective of an aging and recently widowed man who's embarked on travels to nominally leave his past behind. The second story begins after the man's death and is told from the perspective of his eldest -- and gay -- son. This story is told with the most depth and feeling of the three. The third story ends up weaving the three together in a somewhat surprising way, although it was a mildly disappointing way to close the book after having developed the middle part so well.
laila4343's review against another edition
5.0
Intricate yet expansive, bittersweet yet hopeful. Why did it take me so long to get around to reading this? Three Junes tells the story of a Scottish family and the people who orbit them, with Fenno, the eldest son at the heart of the novel. It is he whom I initially almost disliked and he with whom I ended up falling in love. This novel is full of life at its most heartbreaking and beautiful.
rachcannoli's review against another edition
1.0
Truly a waste of time. I powered their this audiobook basically listening to it at the highest speed possible that I could still understand them because my god was it boring. I genuinely don’t get the point of this book at all. It’s split into three parts with none of the narrators being particularly interesting nor likable and you’d think there’d be a reason for why it’s broken up or why it’s written like this but no, just left in this bizarrely ambiguous way that leads to basically nothing. Do not get it the appeal at all and it felt like it’d never end because it was so damn boring. Not a fan, not at all.