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bethpeninger 's review for:
Three Junes
by Julia Glass
I actually abandoned the book 2/3 of the way through. It had become a horrible waste of my time, a tedious read for certain. You know it's bad when after the first couple of chapters you are wondering how much more you can actually stand to read.
The book lacked depth on all levels. It was terribly dull. And by dull I mean DULL. It was so boring, the story didn't capture my attention or heart at all.
The book follows, for the first 2/3, a family from Scotland who has experienced love and loss. Glass wrote it in this back and forth style of present day and past. It was very confusing at times. And it wasn't interesting. This was a very dull family. The last section of the book, which I read about 5 pages of before finally calling "Uncle!", was about a woman who somehow gets introduced to one of the family members. WHAT? It's as if Glass herself had tired of the family and felt she needed to introduce new blood to keep the story going until it concluded.
The second section of the book focused the most on one of the sons, Fenno. A whiny, insecure, shell of a man. She writes his story in great detail as if the reader actually cares. Perhaps some of her readers did care, I found myself looking for something to capture my attention while trying to get through Fenno's story.
A waste of my time. I saw another title of Glass' in the Library and passed it by, I don't think I can subject myself to another dull read.
The book lacked depth on all levels. It was terribly dull. And by dull I mean DULL. It was so boring, the story didn't capture my attention or heart at all.
The book follows, for the first 2/3, a family from Scotland who has experienced love and loss. Glass wrote it in this back and forth style of present day and past. It was very confusing at times. And it wasn't interesting. This was a very dull family. The last section of the book, which I read about 5 pages of before finally calling "Uncle!", was about a woman who somehow gets introduced to one of the family members. WHAT? It's as if Glass herself had tired of the family and felt she needed to introduce new blood to keep the story going until it concluded.
The second section of the book focused the most on one of the sons, Fenno. A whiny, insecure, shell of a man. She writes his story in great detail as if the reader actually cares. Perhaps some of her readers did care, I found myself looking for something to capture my attention while trying to get through Fenno's story.
A waste of my time. I saw another title of Glass' in the Library and passed it by, I don't think I can subject myself to another dull read.